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Q: Who was the American President who fought for the freedom of slaves?
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If slaves fought in the civil war did they get freedom?

---- ---- ---- ---- if they fought in the side on the union they gained their freedom


What did the slaves fight for?

They fought for freedom!


Were slaves offered freedom if they fought in american revolution?

Yes, they were allowed to fight, both sides offered freedom if they were to fight for their respective sides. However, many of them ended up dying anyway, and the ones that didn't, did not get freedom either way.


Who was the first black American to join the Army?

African-Americans have fought in every American war including the Revolutionary War. Runaway slaves were promised freedom if they fought for the British army.


Who was the first black person to join the American army?

African-Americans have fought in every American war including the Revolutionary War. Runaway slaves were promised freedom if they fought for the British army.


What were slaves given who fought on the british side given?

Freedom


How many freed slaves were in the civil war?

It is estimated that 4 million slaves gained freedom as a result of the Union winning the American Civil War. The war was fought from 1861 to 1865.


Did George Washington offer freedom to slaves who fought with the Continental Army?

yes


Why did the African American patriots fight in the war?

Because their slave owners promised them that if the south wins, then the slaves would be able to get land, freedom and so on. Or the slaves were adjusted to their lifestyle and did not want to change it. They thought that the life they had was fine as is.


Freedom for slaves?

Freedom for slaves became a reality when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. He signed the document in 1863.


What Linclon hopedfor and fought for?

He fought for the freedom of slaves, he believed all people should be free and be able to have there own choices.


What were the slaves petitioning the Massachusetts legislature for in the Voices of Freedom documents?

Their own freedom! Citing the reasons for the Revolutionary War and the new American's freedom from England, the slaves sought to bring their own bondage before the new nation and aimed to show that their plight was similar to that which was fought so hard for in the previous years of the war.