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Did most slaves fight because their owner wanted to or because they wanted to fight for their freedom?
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∙ 15y ago
some slaves fought because they wanted to but some were forced to fight!
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What did both David Walker and Henry H Garnet want slaves to do?
They wanted slaves to revolt and fight for their freedom.
Why did some slaves take sides during the war?
The slaves went to the Union because they wanted to fight for their freedom, and the blacks that fought for the Confederacy were mostly forced to.
Where slaves able to fight for freedom in 1862?
yes slaves were able to fight for their freedom in 1862 because that was the only way they could be free inless they bought their freedom but most slaves didnt have money to do so
What did the people of Gettysburg fight for?
they fought because they wanted freedom
What did the slaves fight for?
They fought for freedom!
Why did African Americans the revolution?
They were forced to fight or the free slaves just wanted to fight because they could have cared.
Why did Phillis Wheatley want others to fight for freedom?
she wanted others to fight because so they all can be free of slavery
Why did African-Americans join the American revolution?
Some African-Americans were offered freedom by either the colonists or the British. Volunteers to the Continental Army hoped that a free United States would mean new freedoms for all races. The British offered African-Americans freedom if they fought for them, but slaves risked the chance of being punished if caught running away from their masters.
In the movie glory what is the purpose of an all black regiment?
I'm not sure if you can say they had a purpose. People wanted to give the blacks an opportunity to fight for their country and their freedom from slavery. The Union wanted to use the blacks to fight the war as there was a shortage of men who were joining. The Confederates hated this because most of the blacks who fought were slaves that had ran away. They feared the ex-slaves would attack their families.
Why do you think that free blacks and former slaves volunteered to fight for the Union?
Because they wanted revenge to fight back to the confederacy.To end slavery.
Why did the Americans and the British fight again in the Battle of Bunker Hill?
to fight for freedom against slaves
Why did African Americans fight in the war?
they wanted freedom
