1. African Americans and the war
 “All men are created equal.” What document do these words come from?
___________________________
 Many African Americans picked the side that they thought would give them their ___________.
 BIG RESULT: Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, ____________, and ______________ begin to
_______ slavery!

2. African Americans and the War

3. “All men are created equal.”
What document do these words come from?

4. Many African Americans picked the side that they thought would give them their ___________.

5. BIG RESULT: Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island begin to ban slavery!

6. BIG RESULT: Many slaves join the British in order to escape their masters!
Slavery is basically destroyed in Georgia.
At the end of the war, when the British evacuate New York by sea, hundreds of slaves escape with them.