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Question | Discuss the process of freedom, beginning with self-emancipation. How did African Americans become free over time, and free themselves, over the course of the Civil War? Self-Emancipation is referring to the act of an enslaved person freeing him or herself from the bondage of slavery. Determined to end slavery, tens of thousands of enslaved African Americans used the war to escape the bondage of slavery. As the Union Army drove into the Confederacy, enslaved people stole away and entered Union lines. These thousands of African Americans made their freedom a fact. By coming into Union lines, withdrawing their labor from Confederate owners, working for the Union army, and fighting as the soldiers in it, slaves did very much so, play an active part in achieving their own freedom and, for that matter, in preserving the Union itself. There were in fact multiple ways that African Americans became free over time, for example, The Emancipation Proclamation, and The Underground Railroad. The Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation created by President Abe. Lincoln. Incurring that any corporation, business, individual, or anyone of any nature in control of a slave, was ordered to emancipate them, and send them to the army to fight for America. This Proclamation almost immediately freed 25-75 thousand enslaved individuals, although it nearly applied to 3.5 million. The Emancipation Proclamation confirmed their ideas that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom, not rebellion. The proclamation as well added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically. The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes under the ground and safe houses established in America during the early- to mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into the free states of Canada, and Mexico.“African Americans also resisted slavery through rebellions and other forms of resistance, such as the Underground Railroad”, (The Raid on Harpers Ferry). The railroads did in fact have a profound impact on the process and systems of freedom for African Americans, as they gave them the means to escape from slavery and pursue their own freedom. It also served as a major symbol of resistance against slavery, which was inspiring others to resist and fight for their freedom, which turned into a huge widespread trend amongst slaves. By providing a way for African Americans to escape slavery and start a new life, the Underground Railroad played a critical role in the
broader movement for freedom and equality it was the movement that started all movements you could say.
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