Chapter 15 Section 3 Presented by Atlantis Carpenter

Chapter 15 Section 3 Presented by Atlantis Carpenter and Lucas Fehlberg

Emancipating the Enslaved ★ Lincoln was slow to decide on emancipating but finally embraced it as a necessary war measure ★ Abolitionists urged Lincoln to end slavery completely and thus punish the South for starting the war ★ He feared that if he were to take any action in freeing the slaves, the border states would secede. ★ “If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it…. What I do about slavery… I do because I believe it helps to save the Union”

Emancipating the Enslaved (Cont. ) ★ Lincoln wanted to release a Proclamation but his Cabinet told him to wait until a success on the battlefield ★ Lincoln then released a preliminary proclamation after Lee’s retreat from Antietam ★ January 1, 1863 was when Lincoln released the final Emancipation Proclamation ★ It had little immediate effect because it was only effective in the area fighting the Union ★ The Union couldn’t free anyone already under Union control nor did it free anyone on the border states

Emancipating the Enslaved (Cont. 2) ★ People criticized and praised the new Proclamation ★ People even accused Lincoln of trying to start a slave revolt ★ Union soldiers welcomed anything that would weaken the South ★ “This army will sustain the Emancipation Proclamation and enforce it with bayonet, ” an Indiana soldier said ★ With the Proclamation, it was no longer a fight to save the nation, but was now a fight to end slavery ★ In both the North and the South, Lincoln’s proclamation united African Americans in support of the war

African Americans Help the Union ★ African American volunteers weren’t allowed to join in the Union army until after the Emancipation Proclamation ★ 189, 000 African Americans served in the Union or navy army after the Proclamation took effect ★ If they were captured, they faced more risks ★ They weren’t treated as normal prisoners, they were either returned to slavery or killed ★ African American soldiers were paid way less than white soldiers ★ They were also under white officers

African Americans Help the Union (Cont. ) ★ “They make better soldiers in every respect than any troops I have ever had under my command, ” a Union general said of an African American regiment from Kansas ★ African Americans fought in about 40 major battles and hundreds of minor ones ★ The most famous one was the attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina on July 18, 1863 ★ African Americans also worked as cooks, wagon drivers and hospital aides

African Americans Help the Union (Cont. ) ★ African Americans on the Southern side helped the Union by slowly damaging the Confederate’s weapons and supplies ★ Some even provided information to the Union army

Vocab Builder Restore- to bring back to a normal state; to reestablish Sustain- to keep going; to supply with food Key Terms and People Emancipate- to set free Horace Greeley- abolitionist newspaper publisher