Which of the following was specifically permitted by the Emancipation Proclamation? Free African Americans were allowed to fight for the Confederacy. Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy. Enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the North. Enslaved people in border states were allowed to become Confederate citizens.

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Kyra Faulkner

27 September, 03:54

Which of the following was specifically permitted by the Emancipation Proclamation? Free African Americans were allowed to fight for the Confederacy. Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy. Enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the North. Enslaved people in border states were allowed to become Confederate citizens.

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Ryleigh Daugherty · Answer 1

Answer: The answer is B.) Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy

Serenity Shah · Answer 2

Option B. Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy.

Explanation:

On September 22, President Abraham Lincoln issued what it is known as "The Emancipation Proclamation" in which he declare that as of January 1st, 1863, all the slaves in the rebellious states shall be forever free. The proclamation also authorized the recruitment of freed slaves and free African Americans as soldiers for the Union Army, and in fact, in the next 2 years almost 180.000 of them fought as member of the Union Army and Navy.