HIST315 Lecture 7: Lecture 7 - Race, Gendre, and the Civil War Excellent written and detailed note based on lecture 7 of the course!!! Note goes into great detail about major topics and is very well explained!!!!!

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: History
• Course: HIST315
• Professor: Andrew Hunt

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Lecture 7: race, gender, and the civil war: african americans & the war. Slaves, free blacks & the meaning of the civil war. For african americans, the civil war was a titanic struggle, touched all african. Slaves saw god was a force to allow passage to the promise land through the civil. However, many northern states did not allow blacks to vote and exercise their full rights. African americans became extremely patriotic, as numerous african americans volunteered in the union army. The war department issued a letter of rejection to the black slaves. The struggle to create african american regiments, 1861-1862. Lincoln feared the northern states would be against him, therefore, it was hard to create african american regiments. However, african americans were allowed to join the navy. Ten thousand strong african americans in the united states navy during the. Lincoln was having a change of heart on slavery: allowed black forces to join the.