The Confederacy Enlisted Slaves into Their Army as Fighting Soldiers

question 90

Multiple Choice

The Confederacy enlisted slaves into their army as fighting soldiers

• A) only a month before the war ended.
• B) at the beginning of the war.
• C) as a response to the Emancipation Proclamation.
• D) in lieu of forcing tens of thousands of slaves into involuntary labor which included building fortifications and supplying armies.
• E) in recognition that the idea of slavery was wrong.

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