They sometimes grew food for the Union army
Many joined segregated Union units and fought in the military.
they were in the war
because they opposed slavery
No, it was not manda tory for African-Americans to serve the Union Army. All African- Americans did this on their own free will.
Many fought for the union. There were African American units. A good movie on this is GLORY. Many who weren't soldiers followed the troops and helped in the camps. When union troops came through an area they freed slaves they found on plantations. Many of those freed slaves stayed with the troops and had a nickname called " contraband ". This stems from an event when a confederate officer asked a union officer for the slaves that he had freed. In war contraband doesn't have to be returned so the union officer called the freed slaves contraband to keep from returning them. The name stuck through the war.
They fought with great courage to save the union and end slavery forever.
African Americans fought both on the front lines as soldiers and behind the scenes as labor workers. Former slaves played an important role in the North's victory.
They fought with great courage to save the union and end slavery forever.
They fought with great courage to save the union and end slavery forever.
Many joined segregated Union units and fought in the military.
In 1862, Congress passed a law to allow African Americans to join the Union Army.
That African Americans be accepted into the Union military Allowed African-Americans to participate as war laborers and soldiers
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they were in the war
because they opposed slavery
That African Americans be accepted into the Union military Allowed African-Americans to participate as war laborers and soldiers
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.