It meant freedom
By Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation.
blacks recruited
No. But there were some free blacks in the southern states.
Freeing southern slaves
No because the blacks were still not really "free"
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that southern blacks could fight for the north.
the emancipation proclamation took effect in 1865 when the south surrendered but in 1863, blacks were allowed to fight in the war for very little pay
Southern blacks
blacks
There is no such thing. All southerners use the same idioms! They become "southern Black" idioms, when blacks move north and forget their culture.
To try to pursue a better life in Northern cities.
yes