In what ways did African Americans shape the course and consequences of then Civil War? Confine your answer to the years from 1861 to 1870.

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Bruno Stevenson

9 March, 00:53

In what ways did African Americans shape the course and consequences of then Civil War? Confine your answer to the years from 1861 to 1870.

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Quinn Salas · Answer 1

Despite what some revisionist historians say, the Civil War was really fought over slavery--nothing else. So in this sense, African Americans were essential to the start of the war and essential to the outcome, which brought about Reconstruction in the South.