Confederate authorities eventually became so desperate to make up for manpower shortages that they made it legal to arm slaves and offer them their freedom in exchange for enlisting and defending the Confederacy. The measure became law in March 1865.1. True2. False

True .

Explanation:

Desperately fighting to resist the attacks of the Northern army that was occupying large areas of the South , the Confederacy approved the recruitment of black slaves into its ranks on March 13, 1865.  They were promised freedom. Several thousands of black slaves were recruited by the Confederates, but their heavily outnumbered forces could not match the power of the Union armies, in which 200,000 thousands black men were serving.

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