Why do you think the Emancipation Proclamation and the General Order 143 is important during the civil war?

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Elle Sexton

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26 January, 00:05

Why do you think the Emancipation Proclamation and the General Order 143 is important during the civil war?

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Hezekiah Kelly · Answer 1

During the Civil War, African Americans tried to join the Union army of the north. They were told, "Keep out of this; this is a white man's war." Lincoln said that the war was to save the Union, not to end slavery. But after a year he changed his mind.