How did abraham lincoln attempt to cripple the confederacy at the beginning of the civil war in 1861?

they were treated very badly. they were targeted by white supremacists and other groups, like the klu klux klan, even after coming back to the country as veterans. they were seen as inferior and gave the african americans new found motivation to fight against this racial injustice. 

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