Roles of and Effects on Blacks by Elton John
Roles: North ●Second Confiscation and Militia Act o July 17, 1862 o Freed slaves with Confederate masters ●10% of Union Army o in Navy o died throughout war
United States Colored Troops
Roles: South ●Recruited to Confederate Army? o Major debate throughout war o 100 recruited; never fought ●Black labor replaced white
Forms of Discrimination ●Paid less ●Commanded by whites o Segregated units ●Treated worse as POWs
Effects ●Civil War Amendments o Prohibition of slavery o Citizenship o Voting rights ●Literacy and education improved o Wilberforce University (Ohio) ●Majority in SC legislature
Population distribution (by % of population) of African-Americans in 1890
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