Emancipation Proclamation

“It was useless to talk any more about negro courage. The men fought like tigers, each and every one of them” (Ford 7). For centuries, African-Americans were thought of as man and women who could not survive without a master. When they were allowed to fight, many still thought that African-Americans were not as brave as a white soldier. Likewise, they thought that African-Americans did not know anything about war, but after many struggles to prove themselves they did. In fact, many white people saw that they were exactly like everyone else. African-Americans played a vital role in the North winning The Civil War even though they were treated dreadfully beforehand, they were underestimated, and they were treated unfairly.
When slavery started,
When the war started, it was thought to be a white man only fight. This made it difficult for African-Americans to do anything but stand by and watch the fight ("Black Troops" 1:40). One of the most important documents that helped slaves to be free and help in the army was the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1, 1863. The purpose of the Proclamation was to set free slaves in the South or any state that did not want to join the Union again (Baumann ). After the Proclamation was signed, the reason for war took a drastic turn. The Civil War was now about freedom of slaves, and having a joined Union once again (Ford). Both The Confiscation Act and the Militia Act of July 17 made it possible for African-Americans to join the Union war effort. The Confiscation Act stated that any slave who made it to the Union was considered a free man/woman. Another thing that is stated was that all freedmen were eligible to fight in the war. The Militia Act, on the other hand, gave the president the power to accept any person of African-American descendant into any branch of the military ("Black Troops" 1:40