Which did the Emancipation Proclamation specifically permit?

The Emancipation Proclamation allowed African Americans to serve in the Union military. It specifically permitted them to enlist in the Union army and navy, not to fight for the Confederacy or change the status of enslaved people in border states. Therefore, the correct choice is “Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy.”

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