Question

How did African-Americans help the North win the Civil War?

Answer 1

Answer:

The African Americans that stayed in bondage still helped the North’s effort to win this war. Slaves practiced work shortages, unruly behavior which scared whites over a slave rebellion and slaves even helped assist Union prisoners who had escaped Confederate prisoner of war camps

Explanation:

Answer 2

Black soldiers had fought in the Revolutionary War and—unofficially—in the War of 1812, but state militias had excluded African Americans since 1792. The U.S. Army had never accepted black soldiers. The U.S. Navy, on the other hand, was more progressive: There, African-Americans had been serving as shipboard firemen, stewards, coal heavers and even boat pilots since 1861.