Question

What were some of black Americans participating in the Civil War? the reasons why Abraham Lincoln as well as many other white men against What were the effects of the Compromise of 1850 and Fugitive Slave Act on African Americans? After emancipation, what were some of the things that newly freed black people set out to do?

Answer 1

1. Some of the reasons why Abraham Lincoln as well as many other white men against black Americans participating in civil war are :-

- racial segregation

- fears of an armed slave insurrection

- blacks were treated as slaves

2. The effects of the Compromise of 1850 and Fugitive Slave Act on African American are :-

California admitted as a free state

No slavery restrictions in Utah or New Mexico territories

Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C.

Slaveholding permitted in Washington D.C.

Texas loses boundary dispute with New Mexico

Texas gets $10 million

Fugitive Slave Law was passed, requiring northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners under penalty of law. The Compromise of 1850 overturned the Missouri Compromise and left the overall issue of slavery unsettled.

3. After Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which was effective on January 1, 1863, black soldiers were officially allowed to participate in the war. The Library of Congress holds histories and pictures of most of the regiments of the United States Colored Troops as well as manuscript and published accounts by African American soldiers and their white officers, documenting their participation in the successful Union effort. Both blacks and whites were outspoken about questions of race, civil rights, and full equality for the newly-freed population during the Civil War era.