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How did the African Americans on southern plantations help the union cause?
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
What role did support for slavery playin the secession of southern states?
The Southern states wanted to keep their slaves, and they were worried that President Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves, so many of the southern states left the union to try and keep their slaves.
What legal argument gave union armies the right to free captured southern slaves?
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, effective from January 1863, which declared all Southern slaves to be free.
In what ways did the escaped of freed slaves help the union?
The escape of freed slaves significantly aided the Union by bolstering its manpower, as many former slaves enlisted in the Union Army, providing crucial support in the fight against the Confederacy. Their knowledge of the Southern landscape and military tactics also offered strategic advantages. Additionally, the escape of slaves undermined the Southern economy and labor force, weakening the Confederacy's war effort. Furthermore, their stories and contributions galvanized Northern support for the abolitionist cause and the Union’s overall mission.
What freed the slaves in the states that had left the union?
After the Proclamation, the Union troops were licensed to free any slaves they came across on their Southern campaigms. The actual law that made slavery illegal in the USA was not passed till after the war.
What slaves became free because of the emancipation proclamation?
Only the ones that the Union troops liberated when they passed through Southern plantations.
How did Americans on southern plantations help the union cause?
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
How did African-Americans on southern plantations help the union?
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
How did the African Americans on southern plantations help the union cause?
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
Hothead southern agitators who pushed for southern interests and favored secession from the union?
Slaves
What did the emancipation do to free slaves?
It licensed Union troops to free any slaves they came across in their Southern campaigns.
How did some run away slaves manage to serve in the army despite the ban of slaves?
The Union army created African American units to fight in the civil war. Before that slaves would join the Union units that came into their area to find freedom from the plantations.
What kind of response did the union soilders have on the emancipation proclamation?
As union troops moved through the south they provided help and safety for the slaves. There was one indecent where slaves were behind Union lines and southern soliders wanted the slaves returned to them. In war when there is contraband the side that has it is allowed to keep it, so the union officer told the southern officer the slaves were contraband and couldn't be returned. From that point on all former slaves who sought refuge with union troops were called contraband. I think this explains the response of the Union soldiers to the proclamation.
What role did support for slavery playin the secession of southern states?
The Southern states wanted to keep their slaves, and they were worried that President Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves, so many of the southern states left the union to try and keep their slaves.
Why did the emancipation proclamation free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the Southern states, who already broke off from the union. This meant that President Lincoln had no control over whethere these slaves would be free or not. But once a Southern town or area was freed by Union soldiers, the slaves would be free. This caused help for the Union army from former slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect January 1, 1863.
Why did the proclamation not actually free any slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the Southern states, who already broke off from the union. This meant that President Lincoln had no control over whethere these slaves would be free or not. But once a Southern town or area was freed by Union soldiers, the slaves would be free. This caused help for the Union army from former slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect January 1, 1863.
WHAT DID SOME SLAVES DO AFTER THEY HEARD ABOUT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?
After hearing about the Emancipation Proclamation, some slaves chose to flee to Union territory for freedom, while others stayed on plantations awaiting the arrival of Union troops to enforce their liberation. Many freed slaves also joined the Union army to fight for their own liberation and that of others still in bondage.
