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The Emancipation Proclamation
declared that all slaves in the Confederate states were "forever
free." Black people were home, church and business owners. They formed their
own communities. The group of African Americans in the picture is standing
before a church on Broad Street in Richmond after the city was taken by Union
soldiers in 1865.
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Pictured are the African American
volunteers who were ready to serve in the Civil War when the Union called
them. Prior to the Emancipation Proclamation President Lincoln and Union
leaders questioned the abolition of slavery and the employment of black
troops. On January 1, 1863, the Proclamation
took effect and emancipated Confederate slaves and black soldiers were allowed to enroll. By
the end of the war about 186,000 African American men had enlisted.
Valerie
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