African+American+Contributions+to+the+War

African American Contributions

James Hartman Courtney Sheridan  Jamie Hopgood

**Key Terms:** __Laborers:__ a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training(C.S)   __Union Army:__ the norther narmy during the American Civil War(C.S)   __Agriculture__: the art or occupation concerned withcultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising live stock(C.S)

The topic we have researched is, African American Contributions to the Civil War. The main way african americans con During the civil war, african americans mainley worked. Some worked in the navy, some worked as cooks and some as laborers. The slaves that were now free, had little money, no home, or a family, so they would join the military. The pay in the Union army was poor. The South was an even worse deal because it only offered them little more freedom than they had before. Those who had been born in the free north, continued with their lives, must likely studying or owning shops. The north was not known for its agriculture, so it is unlikely that they worked on farms. (C.S)   ** P rimary Source**



**Helpful Links** [] -this website had about 3 paragraphs summarized about how African Americans contributed to the Civil War. It was very helpful and included a lot of information for a small section of writing.(C.S) [] -this website offers interactive games to teach kids about famous figures in African American history, also allows visitors to send e-cards with fun facts. (C.S) **How does this relate to the Civil War Period?**  African americans contributed to the Civil War in many different ways. Most of the things the blacks did was work, all different kind of jobs. Some were nurses

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"Colored Troops in the American Civil War." //American Civil War History Timelines Battle Map Pictures//. Web. 13 June 2011. [].

//﻿ Milliken's Bend- A Chapter in the Civil War. // Web. 13 June 2011. []. Key Terms: __Black Dispatches__- black dispatches are undercover operatives who were freed or run away slaves. These run away slaves helped the union a lot, they would get information about the confederace and bring it back to the union. (Jamie H)

__Union Army-__ the union army was a land force you fought for the union in the civil war. (Jamie H)

__Upper Echelons-__ is the fighting formation or arrangment. Also it is a ranking of levels of jobs in the war. (Jamie H)

The Africian Americans were a big help to the North during the Civil War. The Africans would run away and hide with people from the North, also they would bring in information about the South's plan for fighting in the War. Another thing the African Americans did was that they worked. They worked on the farm and some fought. Some of the slaves would cook and help neurse back the unhealthy during the war. others were in the Navy. A lot of African Americans joined the Army because they were newly freed slaves and were very poor. They joined the army to get money to upport their families because most of them didn't even have houses. (Jamie H)

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(Jamie H)

This is a picture of Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was a very asmart woman who was a great help in the Civil War. She saved about 300 slaves from the south and brought them to freedom into the north. Harriet was born a slave and wanted to become free. She excaped from slavery and went back to the south 19 times and saved 300 slaves. She was so brave to even go back. she also never lost a slave. She also gave the north very important information about the south and their plans.

__Work Cited__ Echelon - Definition of Echelon by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia." //Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary//. Web. 11 June 2011. <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/echelon>. <span class="source_label">Website [|Tags]Edit[|Delete] //Free Video Clips - Streaming Online Videos - EncycloMedia//. Unkown. Web. 11 June 2011. <http://EncycloMedia.com>. <span class="source_label">Website [|Tags]Edit[|Delete] "Harriet Tubman." //PBS: Public Broadcasting Service//. Unkown. Web. 11 June 2011. [].

(Jamie H)