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The International High School at Lafayette

American History

Unit 4- African American In the Civil War

Mr. Joel

Gaetan


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African-Americans

During the Civil WarPopulation Facts:

In 1860, at the start of the Civil War, the African-American populationincreased to 4.4 million, but the percentage rate dropped to 14% of the

overall population of the country. The vast majority were slaves, with only

488,000 counted as freemen.

Approximately 180,000 African Americans comprising 163 units served in

the Union Army during the Civil War.

Flags of the Union and

confederate.


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During the Civil WarFreed people in the North:

Free people of color, or gens de couleur libre was a the french term

used to call the African-Americans freed men. Some slaves ran away to theNorth for freedom but they got sent back to the South. Once they get

back, they suffered some vicious punishments.

Some freedmen were lucky and were hired out to loyal Unionist

plantation owners for low wages, and others in the Western theater wereassigned parcels of confiscated lands for subsistence farming. Still others

rendered service to the army.


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African-Americans

During the Civil WarThe Buffalo Soldiers:

African-American regiments were raised during the Civil War to fight

alongside the Union Army (including the 54th Massachusetts VolunteerInfantry and the many United States Colored Troops Regiments), the

"Buffalo Soldiers" were established by Congress as the first peacetime all-

black regiments in the regular U.S. Army


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During the Civil WarSoldiers in the North: When the Civil War began in 1861 there was little or no talk about

freeing the nearly four million African American slaves in the South. The

Northern cause was to preserve the Union and crush the southern

Confederacy. When free Northern blacks showed up at recruiting stations

they were told to go home. It was, they were told, a white mans war.

After the Emancipation ofProclamation, , African American men

eventually made up about 10% of all Union forces in the American Civil

War. Their contribution was crucial to the Norths

About37,000 African American soldiers

Died during the Civil War.


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During the Civil WarQuotations:

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcomeme to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

I grew up like a neglected weed -- ignorant of liberty, having noexperience of it.

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During the Civil WarAfter the Civil War:For most blacks, emancipation and the end of the Civil War meant a

renewal of hope: of economic opportunity, social mobility, and political

expectations. The problems face by African Americans after the civil war

were that they had no money and no where to go. The Freedmens Bureauwas set up to help them. They offered a variety of service, Healthcare,

food and schools. Nearly a quarter of a million slaves received education

in 1869. Then The Freedmens Bureau was stopped and the Freedmens

were propertyless. Southerner's didn't want to sell to the Negro's because

the thought that the Negros might fell themselves entitled to fullcitizenship rights.


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During the Civil WarOH MAN! QUIZ TIME???!!!1) What is the percentage of African Americans who helped the Union during

the Civil war?

2) Guess who the quotes come from.

3) What was the Freedmens Bureau?

4) How many units there was in the Union?

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