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After Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (effective, January 1863), Union troops campaigning in the South were licensed to free any slaves they found.

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How did slaves get involed in the Civil War?

actually, the lives of slaves became more difficult after civil war. mostly all slaves were in southern side. slave-owners didnt educate them or slaves didnt know how to handle bussines....this made there life difficult


What was the major result of the war of 1812 which planted a seed of the American Civil War?

Many slaves were able to escape, and the Southern planters had to face the fact that those slaves had been willing to risk their lives in order to get out.


What was the name for rules that were used to try to control the lives of former slaves?

Black Codes. They were created by Southern states after the Civil War to regulate the activities and behaviors of freed slaves, restricting their rights and freedoms.


How were whites affected by the civil war?

Whites were affected because they could no longer have slaves. Slaves provided them with the majority of their income. Without slaves, many white lost their wealth.


What did slaves do after the civil war?

they led their own lives


What region had the most slaves during the civil war?

Southern.


Who wanted to keep slaves in the civil war?

The Southern states.


What were the lives of the slaves like after the Civil War?

There weren't any slaves after the american civil war. They were freed by the emancipation act.


How many southern families had slaves before the Civil War?

About 25-30% of white southern families owned slaves on the eve of the Civil War.


What did most slaves do after the civil war?

they led their own lives


How Abraham Lincoln affected the civil war?

He had set the slaves free to freedom.


Does Guam have slaves?

No, Guam did not have slaves during the American Civil War. During the Civil War Guam and the other northern states had no slaves while the southern states did have slaves. The states in the Pacific such as Guam and Hawaii were on the northern side and so did not have slaves.