EAN: 9783954893751

THE ROCKY ROAD OVER EMANCIPATION TO THE FIRST B...

Why did American policy delay black emancipation and official enlistment until 1863  and what
were the blacks' motives for enlisting at all? This study investigates black soldiers'
participation in the American Civil War and the struggles on their way to equality. By coming
in thousands  fugitive slaves forced policy to finally tackle the hushed-up issue of slavery.
First I will investigate the political background  starting with introducing the three main
parties in the emancipation debate  and continuing with the political steps toward official
enlistment and the reactions of society to these developments. Secondly  I will focus on the
black soldiers' motives  including influences that had shaped them and obstacles which
prevented emancipation in practice  and finally I will explore the war's results for the black
population. Even though it is not expected that the movie Glory  which is frequently quoted 
conveys an accurate and historically verified picture of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts  it
gives a possible perspective of the blacks toward the war. This study focuses only on black
soldiers and not on black participation in the war in general.

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