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Why did Union General Benjamin Butler declare enslaved African American refugees to be contraband or captured war supplies?
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It was an excuse for not returning the slaves to their owners, and thereby weakening the Southern economy.
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How did the 54th Massachusetts regiments attack on the fort Wagner affect public opinion about enslaved African American soldiers?
because emancipation proclamation granted them thoses rights
How did enslaved persons help the Union?
Blah blah blah
How did enslaved people help the union?
slaves ran away from plantation to join the Union.
Why were northerners and southerners willing to fight in the civil war?
because they want the people enslaved in the south to be free...
What Lincoln hoped and fought for during the civil war?
During the American Civil War, the President of the Union (i.e., the United States), Abraham Lincoln, had one persistently pursued goal, namely, preservation of the Union. As the war progressed, the abolition of slavery became another desperately sought goal of Lincoln and many other Northerners, not to overlook many of the enslaved Americans in the South.
Why did union general Benjamin butler declare enslaved African-American refugees to be contraband or captured war supplies?
He would not have to return them to slave holders in the south
Why did union general butler declare enslaved African American American refugees to be contraband or captured war supplies?
It was an excuse for not returning the slaves to their owners, and thereby weakening the Southern economy.
Who were enslaved before the African?
prisoners of war such as warriors that got captured then were enslaved
What does enslaved mean?
Enslaved means:if someone was enslaved, then they would have been made into a slave or it is as if they were made into a slave
Why was red from the edge on the sword enslaved?
he was captured by the danish
Why did union Benjamin butler declare enslaved African American refugees to be contraband or capture war supplies?
The law allowed for enemy property to be confiscated. Since the South considered slaves chattels (personal property), Butler took advantage of the loophole to free the slaves in Southern territory under Union control.
What did enslaved people in African societies had?
Been captured in the war
How was olaudah equiano enslaved?
He was captured at the age of eleven, by slave traders.
Who was the first black to be enslaved?
this is unknown since it was many people who were captured.
Was an there an army of children in the crusades?
Yes, but it was captured and enslaved by the Muslims before it made it to Jerusalem.
Was nat turner a enslaved African American?
Yes Nat Turner was an enslaved american. He lived in the 1800's.
How did most Africans become enslaved?
most people became enslaved in African societies either through being captured during tribal warfare or , more often than people realise today, by being sold by their tribal cheifs to Arab or European slave traders for monetary profit.
