to make a homeland for freed slaves in Africa
Freeing the slaves in the Confederacy.
Lincoln issued the first Emancipation Proclamation shortly after the Battle of Antietam. It would take effect January 1, 1863.
This did not effect any European power from formal recognition. least of all the world's most powerful empire with millions of "Native Peoples " under their control. One can call it forced labor. The British had already given the Confederacy "de facto " recognition as it had a constitution, a government and an army.
The Mexican-American War began.
The Compromise of 1850 APEX! >:D
Land and slaves
It showed their deep cultural and political differences
abolition
They enlisted in the Union Army
Seven letters followed a strict code of honor
It was greatly helped when sherman captured atlanta
Congress voted to annex Texas