... whose acumen and skill were cited as unique and superior to those of males, organizers and operatives. The sued for freedom and in some states they won. During the civil war, African American slave women escaped to work with the Union Army as laundresses, cooks and scouts and in other capacities as well. The emancipation Proclamation and the constitutional amendments and ... ...

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