They thought they were fighting for there freedom
They thought they were fighting for there freedom
African-Americans have fought in every American war including the Revolutionary War. Runaway slaves were promised freedom if they fought for the British army.
They thought they were fighting for there freedom
African-Americans have fought in every American war including the Revolutionary War. Runaway slaves were promised freedom if they fought for the British army.
Some reasons for African American men to join the British Army include supporting the military and helping the country. Those who join the British Army risk their lives in order to help ensure freedom.
Becuse they needed more people in the army, and the african american slaves were good for fighting so they were trained to fight in the American Revolution.
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, permitted African Americans to fight for the North during the American Civil War. This proclamation declared that all slaves in Confederate territory were declared free, and authorized the recruitment of African American soldiers into the Union Army. By the end of the war, over 180,000 African American soldiers had served in the Union Army.
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.
the british army was aided by loyalist.
The African Americans wanted to join the colonial leaders to go against the British army. The colonists were afraid to let the slaves run around armed (and might even be dangerous.) The colonial leaders realized that they really had no choice but to let the slaves join and fight in the continental army. The reason being is the colonist did not have enough soldiers to fight against the well trained British army. In January, 1776, a law was passed that the blacks could join the army.
Only a very small percentage of the population of the Union states was African American. However, by the end of the Civil War around 10% of the Union Army was black. Many escaped slaves and those emancipated by Union troops volunteered for the Army.
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