chapter 11 liberation: african americans and the civil war
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Chapter 11
Liberation:
African Americans and the Civil War
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I. Lincoln’s Aims
Preserve the Union– Everything else secondary– Especially concerned about the border
states– Call for 75,000 volunteers– Black volunteers rejected
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II. Black Men Volunteer and Are Rejected Fate of Union tied to issue of slavery Fate of slavery tied to the outcome of
war Black people understood before
northerners• Anglo-African newspaper• New York, Philadelphia, Boston• Black men offered their services
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III. Union Policies toward Confederate Slaves
No coherent policy to deal with Union military commanders
– More concern for slave owner’s interests
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“Contraband”
General Benjamin Butler– Fortress Monroe, May 1861– Refused to return three runaway slaves– “Contraband”
• Enemy property• First Confiscation Act, August 1861• John C. Fremont• General David Hunter
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Lincoln’s Initial Position
Reluctant to move against slavery, 1861– Border state loyalty– Supported compensated emancipation-
colonization– Wanted to end slavery in border states, April
1862 – Warned border states to accept compensation
or risk getting nothing, July 1862
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Lincoln Moves toward Emancipation Victory and Union tied to slavery issue
– “Strike at the heart of the rebellion”– Tells his cabinet, summer 1862– William Seward warns Lincoln to wait– Montgomery Blair feared fall elections
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Lincoln Delays Emancipation
Waited for a victory on the battlefield– Northern defeats, spring and summer 1862 – The Peninsula Campaign– Seven Pines– Seven Days’ – Second Battle of Bull Run
Antietam– Justification for announcing emancipation
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Black People Reject Colonization
Would not retreat from colonization– Liberia– Haiti– Black people not interested
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IV. Preliminary Emancipation
White southerners ridiculed it Many white northerners had little
enthusiasm– Antiblack riots – Northern Democrats almost all opposed
• Denounced Lincoln and Republicans Most black people gratified
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V. Emancipation Proclamation
Limited to areas still in rebellion Did not include border states Changes war goals
– Preserve the Union – Make people free
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Effects of Proclamation on the South
Ended chance of foreign recognition Encouraged
– Slaves to flee– Slaves to resist
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VI. Black Men Fight for the Union
Emancipation Proclamation– Authorized black men to enlist– Union defeats and the need for manpower– Thomas Wentworth Higginson– Robert Gould Shaw
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Black Men Fight for the Union (cont.) Discrimination and hostility
– Segregated units• White officers
– Often held racist beliefs
– Lower pay scale• White privates $13/month• Black privates $10/month
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Black Men Fight for the Union (cont.)
Combat– Suffered disproportionately more casualties– Battery Wagner
• William H. Carney
– Olustee– The Crater
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VII. Confederate Reaction to Black Soldiers Enraged
– Refused to recognize black men as soldiers
• Treat as rebellious slaves• General Order Number 11
– Fort Pillow Massacre• Union response• Union commanders angry
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VIII. Black Men in the Union Navy Tradition of serving in the U.S. Navy,
1790s– Integrated– Early 19th century many black sailors
• Attempts to ban them from the navy
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IX. Liberators, Spies, and Guides
Black men and women – Robert Smalls– Harriet Tubman– Mary Elizabeth Bowser– John Henry Woodson
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X. Violent Opposition to Black People
New York City Draft Riot, July 1863– Draft – Irish men angry
• Black men had replaced Irish stevedores, June 1863• Rich white northerners could purchase an exemption• Riot lasted four days
– Colored Orphan Asylum
– Churches
– Republican and abolitionists houses destroyed
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Violent Opposition to Black People (cont.) Union troops and slaves
– Often treated slaves horribly• Rapes and assaults were not uncommon
– Others found compassion for enslaved people
• “I have no heart in this war if the slaves cannot be made free,” a Union soldier wrote.
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XI. Refugees
Thousands of black people escaped bondage– Some followed Union armies– Others struck out on their own
• Faced re-enslavement or execution if caught
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XII. Black People and the Confederacy Confederacy based on defense of
slavery Benefited from the labors of bonds
people– Toiled in fields– Worked in factories– Permitted more white men to serve in
military
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Black People and the Confederacy (cont.)
Impressment of black people– Military demands for manpower
• Slave owners contributed slave labor– Built fortifications
• Government first asked then compelled– Registration and enrollment of free black people military
labor
“Twenty nigger law”– Exempted men who owned twenty slaves from
draft
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Black People and the Confederacy (cont.) Confederates enslave free black people
– Davis counter proclamation• “All free negroes . . . shall be placed on the
slave status and be deemed to be chattels. . . forever.”
• Ordered Confederate armies to capture free black people in the North and enslave them.
– Robert E. Lee, Pennsylvania 1863
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Black Confederates
– Free black people volunteered services• Show loyalty and gain white acceptance• Re-enslavement concerns• Southern leaders generally ignored
offers unless for menial labor
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Black Confederates (cont.)
Small number of black men fight for CSA– Some black civilians profit if South wins
• John Wilson Buckner• William Ellison
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Black Enlistments
General Patrick Cleburne recommends, early 1864– President Davis cease and desist order– Most southerners considered arming slaves
appalling– Defied southern assumptions
• “If slaves will make good soldiers our whole theory of slavery is wrong.”--Howell Cobb
March 1865 Confederate Congress voted to enlist 300,000
• Receive same pay as white soldiers• Slaves freed only with consent of owners and state agreed
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XIII. Conclusion
185,000 black soldiers and sailors served in the Union military– Most had been former slaves– Almost 40,000 died in combat or of disease during
the war Abraham Lincoln and the shift in public
attitudes– White man’s war– Colonization– Enlistment– Appreciation