In this part of the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln allowed for freed enslaved people to join the military. Specifically, he declared that those freed individuals of suitable condition could be received into the armed service of the United States to serve in various capacities, including garrisoning forts and manning vessels. This decision was significant as it enabled formerly enslaved individuals to actively participate in the Union Army during the Civil War.
What did Lincoln allow for in this part of the Emancipation Proclamation?
freed enslaved people to work as mechanics
freed enslaved people to join the military
Confederate defectors to join the Union
And I further declare and make known, that such persons [freed enslaved people] of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
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