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Free At LastMr. Schumaier

Define Emancipate

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Emancipate

To Set Free

Free

Release from Control

Emancipation Proclamation

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

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Statement September 22, 1862 that all slaves in states still in rebellion would be freed on January 1, 1863.

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What slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

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3Only slaves in uncaptured Confederate states

Why did Lincoln free slaves in the Confederacy?

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Lincoln thought he could save the Union and weaken the South by broadening the war goals of the North

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How did free blacks help the Union at first?

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5They performed noncombat tasks for the Union army at the beginning because they were barred for joining.

How did they help after 1862?

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Summer 1862 Union passed law which allowed blacks to join the army.

They formed all back units commanded by whites.

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Who were the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?

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One of the first ALL BLACK unit.

They attacked Fort Wagner near Charleston in 1863

Almost half of the soldiers were killed but they won respect for black soldiers.

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