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african-american soldiers served in separate región. They were usually paid less tan whites and suffered other kinds of discrimination.
Yes. There was an African American unit in the union army. They were still paid less than the white soldiers and had white officers. A good movie to watch on this is GLORY.
they helped the war efforts in many different ways- or they were enlisted in the Union Army :)
The Union. They had a large economic advantage over the south at the start of the war. The North also enrolled a few African Americans in their army, while the South refused to let African Americans fight due to the possibility of a slave rebellion.
In 1862, Congress passed a law to allow African Americans to join the Union Army.
hard because of racisim and discrimination
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they were in the war
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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They sometimes grew food for the Union army
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
No, it was not manda tory for African-Americans to serve the Union Army. All African- Americans did this on their own free will.
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
African American soldiers in the Civil War numbered around 180,000. This made up about 10 percent of the Union Army.