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are sometimes set in motion by decisions. you mention these three young men. they were slaves. who were they? what were they doing and what were they risking? this was one of those moments in history when three individuals made such a huge difference. we think of lincoln signing a piece of paper and freeing the . these young african-americans set in motion the freedom of their people. they escaped from the federal forces where they had been forced to dig and build fortifications a few weeks into the civil war. they went into a union fort and forced the union to decide what to do with these people who were seeking asylum. the union army was ed to take them in. they didn t want to send them back send them back to work for the confederacy. within days, first dozens, then hundreds of african-american slaves are streaming into the union lines everywhere. it set emancipation in motion.

African americansThe civil warUnion armyUnion fortThen hundreds of african americanIt set emancipation in motion