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Did free blacks join the union at the beginning of the civil war?
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Who won the Civil War and What did that mean to the Union?
The North won the civil war, which meant that the South had to rejoin the union and free their slaves.
What was the river that separated the free states and the slave states during the civil war?
The Potomac divided the Confederacy from the Union, although Maryland was a slave-state, and so was DC at the beginning. The Ohio River divided the slave-states from free soil.
Was the civil war a war to save the union or a war to free the slaves?
Lincoln went in it only to save the union
What did the union soldiers think they were fighting for during the civil war?
The Union soldiers thought that they were fighting for slaves to be free.
Who helped free over 300 slaves in the civil war?
Union soldiers
How did the blacks contribute to the civil war?
blacks contribute to the civil war by being part of the war many of them died on the side of the union because the union was against slavery and most of them wanted to be free and have rights. More black people volunteered to be in war than whites
How many free Blacks lived in the Confederate states when the US Civil War broke out?
Approximately 135,000 free Blacks lived in the South when the US Civil War began.
Was it right it use blacks in the civil war?
Some were conscripted [drafted ] and probably did not want to fight, some free Blacks from the North enlisted, and wanted to fight to free enslaved Blacks.
Which of the places did colonies of free blacks exist before the Civil War?
The Caribbean
Who won the Civil War and What did that mean to the Union?
The North won the civil war, which meant that the South had to rejoin the union and free their slaves.
Why were there few free blacks living in the South prior to the Civil War?
There were a great many free blacks living in the south prior to the Civil War. Most free blacks in American lived in the south. In the 1860 census there were 30 million people in the US. Nine million were in the south, including three million slaves, and another half million free blacks. John Hope Franklin, the eminent black historian, has made the free black population of the south a subject of his excellent writing.
How many African Americans fought World War 1?
The number of African Americans who served during the Civil War was between 179,000 and 180,000. The Civil War lasted for a little over 4 years.
What did Robert Fitzgerald do during the civil war?
Free African American from Pennsylvania who server for Union. Free African American from Pennsylvania who served for Union.
Why did many northerners join the union army at the beginning of the civil war?
The Union armies were against slavery, as one of their key points to fight about, and freed slaves often would join in. Slaves could also usually remain free in the North (thus, the Union Army) and many other slaves wished to be free. If the Union were to win the Civil War, then it was highly likely that slaver would be abolished so many salevs chose to help fight in side with the Union for that reasons.
What was the river that separated the free states and the slave states during the civil war?
The Potomac divided the Confederacy from the Union, although Maryland was a slave-state, and so was DC at the beginning. The Ohio River divided the slave-states from free soil.
Why is Ohio a free slave state?
It was Union Civil War days. All Northern states were free.
Was the civil war a war to save the union or a war to free the slaves?
Lincoln went in it only to save the union
