How did the African Americans help during the civil war?

Answer 1

Absolutely. Many African Americans supported the Republicans crusade against slavery. Later President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation that denied Democrats their "property." After the Civil War Republicans passed the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution while Democrats created the Ku Klux Klan to suppress the Black Vote.

Answer 2

Absolutely. Many African Americans supported the Republicans crusade against slavery. Later President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation that denied Democrats their "property." After the Civil War Republicans passed the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution while Democrats created the Ku Klux Klan to suppress the Black Vote.

Answer 3

While black people (who were then called Negroes) were enslaved in the south, that was not the case up North. There were many free black men who wanted to fight for the Union, and they did so. Perhaps you saw the movie "Glory," about an all-black regiment, led by a white officer named Robert Gould Shaw of Massachusetts. Unfortunately, most did not receive equal pay-- white soldiers received more-- and racism was still a problem, even in the supposedly more tolerant north. But large numbers of Negroes fought for their country, many doing so in hopes that it would prove to white Americans that black people were just as loyal and just as important to the success of the United States. By some estimates, as many as 180,000 black men served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.