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When the union troops were in an area they often had the freed slaves come to them for protection and to help. At one point slaves came to one unit and the confederate officer demanded the return of the slaves from the union commander. The union commander told the Confederate that the slaves were contraband. By declaring them contraband he didn't have to return the slaves. After that event they called themselves "contraband."
What else can I help you with?
What was the emanicipation proclamtion?
The Emancipation Proclamation was the proclamation issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union.
What was the role of African American soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War?
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Is the south Issued Emancipation Proclamatio?
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln on January 1st 1863 (Union), it freed all slaves in the CONFEDERATE states not the Union slave states.
What did the union soldiers think they were fighting for during the civil war?
The Union soldiers thought that they were fighting for slaves to be free.
When did the Union say the slaves in the Confederacy officially freed?
As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation
After what major union victory did Lincoln decide it was time to issue the emancipation proclamtion?
Antietam (Sharpsburg) in September 1862.
What was the emancipation proclamtion?
It proclaimed the slaves in the southern states who had left the union free. It only applied to these states and not the entire country.
What was the emanicipation proclamtion?
The Emancipation Proclamation was the proclamation issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union.
What did the emancipation proclamtion state?
Abraham Lincolnâ??s Emancipation Proclamation stated that all slaves in the ten rebellious states were free. It also ordered that suitable freed persons could join the Union Army. Furthermore, the Union Army was to â??recognize and maintainâ?? the recently freed personsâ?? status.
After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union army?
actively began recruiting African American soldiers to fight
Lincolns famous proclamtion?
His most noted proclamation was the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the states that had seceeded. (Not in the states still in the Union. I assume you mean that and not the Gettysburg Address, his most famous speech.
Who enforced the emancipation proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation was enforce through the advancing Union armies. As the Union soldiers advanced, slaves were freed in their wake, therefore enforcing the Proclamation
How did the emancipation Union soldiers face greater danger than white Union solders?
They would run into each other when they came out at night
How did the emancipation proclamations affect the war?
it made it ok for the Union soldiers to free slaves as they went through the south
What document did lincoln issued in attempt to make union solders more willing to fight?
The Emancipation Proclomation influenced the soldiers
What was the role of African American soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War?
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS SOLDIERS IN THE UNION ARMY DURING CIVIL WAR?
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
