What did Lincoln allow for in this part of the
Emancipation Proclamation?
freed enslaved people to work as mechanics
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.
freed enslaved people to join the military
Confederate defectors to join the Union
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