USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Emancipation Proclamation also allowed for the enrollment of freed slaves into the United States military. During the war nearly 200, 000 black men, most of them ex-slaves, joined the Union Army.

Detailed explanation-2: -Volunteers began to respond, and in May 1863 the Government established the Bureau of Colored Troops to manage the burgeoning numbers of black soldiers. By the end of the Civil War, roughly 179, 000 black men (10% of the Union Army) served as soldiers in the U.S. Army and another 19, 000 served in the Navy.

Detailed explanation-3: -A new chapter in American history opened as the Thirteenth Amendment, passed in January of 1865, was implemented. It abolished slavery in the United States, and now, with the end of the war, four million African Americans were free.

Detailed explanation-4: -With the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, nearly 4 million slaves were free people by the end of the war, more than 360, 000 of them in North Carolina. Despite their lack of schooling, these African Americans demonstrated a clear vision of what they wanted and a strong determination to get it.

Detailed explanation-5: -President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing, “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious areas “are, and henceforward shall be free."