Why would anyone know? it was in the early 70's (i think)
(ok it could have been because they needed them to help Cary weapons and stuff)
Yes, there were many slaves in America after the American Revolution that were eventually freed.. We find that even before the American Civil War there were many African-American men and women that had never been slave living in America.
During the American revolution, there were black slaves, black former slaves that had paid off their indenture, and free black people. However, the concept of the evil of slavery was a hot topic at the time. President Washington and others made moves to abandon slavery for the country. Too bad he never freed his own slaves . . .
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they thought freed slaves would seek revenge.
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 Emancipation Proclamation "freed" slaves in the States that had seceded from the Union; however, this had no effect since those States did not recognize the authority of the Federal government. It said nothing about slaves in the Union states such as Tennessee. Therefore, it freed no slaves.
Factually viewing the issue, the slaves were indeed freed during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln (who is referred to as the first modern American president).
They remained near the farms where they had been slaves
They remained near the farms where they had been slaves
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
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