Decree no. 3,371 of 7 January 1865 organized volunteer battalions for the war against Paraguay. The call to arms unfolded within a slaveholding empire: military service offered some enslaved men a possible route to freedom, but enlistment could also be coerced, brokered by owners, or shaped by state need. This decree established the corps; it did not itself abolish slavery or automatically free every enslaved recruit. The war would intensify pressure on the state and create openings that Black men and families pursued.
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What did the 1865 decree establish?
The January 1865 volunteer decree automatically freed every enslaved recruit.
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It created volunteer battalions; it was not a universal emancipation decree.