African Americans in the Civil War During the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and part of the Nineteenth Century the White people of North America used the Black people of Africa as slaves to gain from their interests. White people created a monarchy of their race over the Black African race that in some places exists today. The American Civil War however, was a key turning point for the Black African race. Through their actions and the political actions of President Lincoln and his administration, Black Africans had an eye out on their freedom equality and liberation. A very important aspect of Blacks proving themselves was that of the B