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Question
Before the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved African Americans who were captured by Union forces were often treated as _____.

(1 point)
Responses

the militia
the militia

contraband
contraband

spies
spies

servants
servants

Answer 1

Before the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved African Americans who were captured by Union forces were often treated as contraband.