I think slavery is not good but blacks are not equal to white man.
The Union was the North who fought in the Civil War to reunite the country.
The Emancipation Proclamation
All slaves in the South are now free!
The Confederacy was the Southern states that had slaves and broke away from the United States.
Effects of Emancipation Proclamation
We now fight for the Union and against slavery!
Lincoln did not think blacks were equal to whites but he did not support slavery.
Minorities Understanding the Civil War
Civil War and Abolition
The Emancipation proclamation was issued in 1863 and it stated that slaves in the Confederate territory are free.
The Emancipation Proclamation affected motives for Civil war fighting because it made the war about slavery as well as saving the Union.
It's important for minorities to understand the Civil War and abolition because they should know if that those events had not happened, minorities could have possibly been slaves today.