The United States of America is one of the most diverse nations in the world today. From the beginning of the 16th century the original Native Americans were joined by the Spanish, Dutch, French and English colonists. The slave trade also occurred in the 16th century because of the cotton plantation boom. The black slaves were a new kind of people as the European settlers had not been accustomed two other races. The black slaves were then considered outcasts and treated very poorly. Most slaves were treated the same as animals if not worse. Almost all of the black slaves did not speak English or French nor could they read or write. The whites and blacks lived together in a society of slavery until the U.S. civil war in the 1860s, after which slavery was abolished from the whole country. The slaves were then set free. Society was quickly starting to change its views on "coloured peoples". The Southern veterans were out of jobs, as the economy of the South had gone down considerably......

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