What happened to slaves in the United States during the Civil War?

Topic: Slavery in the American Civil War
Question: What happened to slaves in the united states during the Civil War?

You will need to write between a minimum of 3 pages and a maximum of 5 pages, double spaced and times new roman(MLA format). This research paper should use no fewer than 5 academic sources, one of which should be from a historian.
you can’t use Wikipedia and history.com ask citations
links that might help you:
https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/writing-a-good-history-paper

if you have any questions please ask