By the end of the Civil War, there were 3,953,761 slaves in this country, 12.6% of the total US population. Can you imagine that?! These slaves started and stayed at rock bottom for their whole life, they were treated horribly and they were abused. African Americans used various methods to fight for their freedom during the Civil War such as passing information to the Union army and serving in the Union’s army. These actions affected the African Americas and the United States by helping the African Americans earn citizenship and abolishing slavery.
One method African Americans used to escape slavery was passing information to the Union army. In 1862 Frederick Douglass claimed that that “Negroes have repeatedly threaded their way through enemy lines exposing themselves to bullets to convey …show more content…
In 1863 Frederick Douglass in his newspaper, The North Star, he issued,“There is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States.” Douglass was saying that if a slave fought in the war, then he would be granted citizenship. After the war, the government issued the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. The 13th amendment was the most important one, because it stated that slavery would no longer exist (Doc 8). The 14th amendment gave former slaves citizenship, and the 15th amendment gave former male slaves the right to vote (OI). At the conclusion of the Civil War former slaves were free and had the right to vote.
To summarize, African Americans used various methods to fight for their freedom during the Civil War such as passing information to the Union army and serving in the Union’s army. These actions affected the African Americas and the United States by helping the African Americans earn citizenship and abolishing slavery. Throughout the Civil War many americans put their life on the line for this
One method African Americans used to escape slavery was passing information to the Union army. In 1862 Frederick Douglass claimed that that “Negroes have repeatedly threaded their way through enemy lines exposing themselves to bullets to convey …show more content…
In 1863 Frederick Douglass in his newspaper, The North Star, he issued,“There is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States.” Douglass was saying that if a slave fought in the war, then he would be granted citizenship. After the war, the government issued the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. The 13th amendment was the most important one, because it stated that slavery would no longer exist (Doc 8). The 14th amendment gave former slaves citizenship, and the 15th amendment gave former male slaves the right to vote (OI). At the conclusion of the Civil War former slaves were free and had the right to vote.
To summarize, African Americans used various methods to fight for their freedom during the Civil War such as passing information to the Union army and serving in the Union’s army. These actions affected the African Americas and the United States by helping the African Americans earn citizenship and abolishing slavery. Throughout the Civil War many americans put their life on the line for this