The Civil War
Lincolns Aims
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Slave V. Free labor and the National economy
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DE, MD, KY, MO- slave states
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75,000 called to enlist form 90 days
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African Americans rejected from service
Slaves begin to free them selves and walk off
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Slaves escape and Union Policy
Pro slavery union generals
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George B. McClellan (VA)- pledges any slave interjection in Virginia. Henry
Halleck (Ohio Valley) – returns slaves to slave owners
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Winfield Scott (Potomac River)
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Ulysses S. Grant (TN)- returns escapees to their owners as long as they are union
sympathizers
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Contraband
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General Benjamin Butler- Refuses to accept the slave act and makes them work for the union
Generals plan to end slavery and help but when slaves run the generals will protect them
Fortress Monroe, Va- 1000 escaped slaves flee their because the can fight and don’t have
to be slaves
August 6, 1861- First Confiscation ACT- any property used to fight against the
confederacy can be free.
Lincoln v. John c. Fremont- MO only slaves active in the war efforts can be free
Lincoln v. Gen David Hunter (1862)- SC, GA, FL
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Slaves escape- flee and welcome by union troops
Lincolns on Slavery
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Compensated/ gradual emancipation and Colonization-plans to ship them somewhere out the US
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Emancipation
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Tries to pay border states to stay
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1862: Colonization- $100,000 compensation to owner/$300-per slave to ship them to Haiti or
Liberia
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September 22, 1862: Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation- Does it while he is winning
Anyone in states in bondage and gives the confederacy 100 day to come back to the
union or the end of slavery
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Emancipation
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Union army is outmatched in the beginning of the war
So in the Summer of 1862 supports the idea of weakening the south economy by ending
slavery
Waits for a big victory to start emancipation so it wont look like they are desperate
No confederate states go back to the union because they believe that they can still win
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January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation
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Rebellion states V. VA, TN, LA
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Border States- Kentucky, Tennessee, Delaware, Virginia
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