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title: "Why weren't African Americans allowed to join the Confederate army until the end of the War?"  
description: "Why weren't African Americans allowed to join the Confederate army until the end of the War?"  
author: "Torres mary"  
published: 2018-10-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51150/why-weren-t-african-americans-allowed-to-join-the-confederate-army-until-the-end-of-the-war  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why weren't African Americans allowed to join the Confederate army until the end of the War? 

Why weren't [African Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home) allowed to [join](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/35/join-in-sql-server) the [Confederate army](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40924/during-which-battle-did-the-confederate-army-reach-a-turing-point) until the [end of the War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42329/what-was-america-s-economic-situation-at-the-end-of-the-war-in-1919)? \
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