Transcript 15-3

Chapter 15
Section 3
Lincoln against emancipation
• At first he was against
emancipation, because he
feared the loss of the support of
the border states.
• However, he changes his mind
in 1862 when he realized how
important slavery was to the
South’s war effort.
• Initial emancipation issued to
Lincoln’s cabinet on September
22, 1862 after win at Battle of
Antietam.
Emancipation in 1863
The
Emancipation
Proclamation
The Southern View of Emancipation
Effects of Emancipation
• Immediate effect on
January 1, 1863 – very little
effect!
• Long – term effects
1. Made one more cause for the
North to win the war (end
slavery)
2. Squashed any hopes of G.B.
helping the South
3. Allowed African-Americans
to fight for the North and
sabotage the Southern war
effort
African-American Recruiting Poster
African-Americans Help the Union
The Famous 54th
Massachusetts
• 189,000 blacks served in the
Army and Navy for the Union
• Black and white sailors served
together, but blacks and whites
were in segregated regiments for
the Army with white leaders
• Despite discrimination from their
own white comrades, blacks
served in over 40 major battles
and began to win some respect
• In the South slaves deliberately
slowed work and destroyed
machines to hurt Southern war
efforts.
August Saint-Gaudens Memorial to
Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Located at
Boston
Common, part of
the Boston Black
Heritage Trail.
August SaintGaudens was
the artist and
Shaw was the
man on the
horse who was
the leader of that
group when they
marched off to
war.
African-Americans
in Civil War Battles
Black Troops Freeing Slaves
Extensive Legislation Passed
Without the South in Congress
1861 – Morrill Tariff Act
1862 – Homestead Act
1862 – Legal Tender Act
1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act
1862 – Emancipation Proclamation
(1/1/1863)
1863 – Pacific Railway Act
1863 – National Bank Act