AP African American Studies / Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance
2.23 The Civil War and Black Communities
Notes
About 180,000 Black soldiers served in the Union army (the 54th Massachusetts). Many enslaved people escaped to Union lines ("contraband"). The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and the Thirteenth Amendment (1865) ended slavery.
Practice
The 54th Massachusetts was:
Fort Wagner.
Enslaved people who escaped to Union lines were called:
War policy.
Slavery in the US was abolished by:
1865.
Ready for more? Take the Unit 2 test.