It is estimated that 4 million slaves gained freedom as a result of the Union winning the American Civil War. The war was fought from 1861 to 1865.
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There weren't any slaves after the american civil war. They were freed by the emancipation act.
The Union
Back to Where they came from
Freed slaves were treated poorly after the Civil War. With the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, freedmen were usually terrorized. It was usually difficult for freedmen to get jobs as well.
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US Civil War
The civil war.
nearly 4 million
Back to Where they came from
There weren't any slaves after the american civil war. They were freed by the emancipation act.
Back to Where they came from
The Union
The Union forces won the war.
The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution freed the slaves.
Freed slaves served in the American Revolution, The War of 1812 and the Civil War. The First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first Union regiment formed with freed slaves in the Civil War.
the Gettysburg address and the civil war