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Almost 200,000 Black soldiers fought for the Union
By the end of the Civil War, almost 200,000 Black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and freedom.
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The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 announced that Black men would be accepted into the Union Army and Navy. In the words of the National Archives, it enabled the liberated to become liberators.
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