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Blacks and whites were segregated because in the years before segregation, slavery had been going on for centuries and centuries. Later on government/congress decided that they would remove slavery, and instead make a process which separated colored people from white people called segregation. These laws were called Jim Crow Laws. So in conclusion, blacks and whites were segregated because whites still wanted a way to treat colored people differently than they would to others without fully taking away slavery, and made a process called segregation.

Definition of segregation: Where 2 different people for many reasons are separated.

Definition of slavery: When one group of people are able to own others as property and force them to work without pay.



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