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The Emancipation Proclamation stated that African-American men willing to fight "will be received into the armed service of the United States." After the Emancipation Proclamation, blacks rushed to joined the Union Army. At the end of the war, there were nearly 180,000 black soldiers in the Union Army.

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-They were slaves

-They also served for the Union, even though in the beginning of the war, Lincoln did not allow it because he was afraid the Border States would secede and join the Confederate states.

secede- to leave

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The role of the African Americans during the civil war was mainly slavery but them being slaves they would be used in the civil war.They would fight in the civil war.

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they were guides and spies and helped other African Americans escape slavery

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During the US Civil War, Blacks/Afro-Americans fought for the Union and numbered about 350,000. The South authorized Black soldiers in early 1865. The number is difficult to estimate.

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They were spies and joined the army.

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Many joined Union military units.

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