It didn't directly, as it merely 'proclaimed' things it couldn't enforce.
It was a tactical war measure, chiefly aimed at making it politically impossible for the British to help the Confederates, and also giving the demoralised North something more emotive to fight for than just the cotton revenues.
Indirectly, it did advance the democratic process by enabling the North to win, and thus abolish slavery for real.
1. The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the farthest advance north of the Confederate Army.2. The Battle of Shiloh, likely the bloodiest battle ever fought in North America.3. The Emancipation Proclamation.4. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Here is an excerpt from the website Libertyletters.com: President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Despite this expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free a single slave, it fundamentally transformed the character of the war. After January 1, 1863, every advance of federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators. By the end of the war, almost 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and freedom. From the first days of the Civil War, slaves had acted to secure their own liberty. The Emancipation Proclamation confirmed their insistence that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom. It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically. As a milestone along the road to slavery's final destruction, the Emancipation Proclamation has assumed a place among the great documents of human freedom. Text taken from the National Archives website: http://archives.gov Editor's note: Basically, the Emancipation Proclamation changed the Civil War by encouraging the slaves to fight for freedom. This also allowed them to join the Union Military to fight against the Confederate Military in order to gain freedom. Due to the Emanicpation Proclamation, the Union Military gained more men than the already outnumbered Confederate Military, and had boosted their morale.
Lincoln and SlaveryAbraham Lincoln had always opposed slavery, but never sided with abolitionists who called for its immediate end. He sought solutions that would make slavery gradually fade from white society-limit its location, sponsor compensation programs for slave owners, and relocate freed blacks outside the country. The war made these gradual solutions woefully inadequate.On the advice of his cabinet, Lincoln waited for a Union victory before announcing his decision. Without a victory, they feared the proclamation would only appear as a meaningless act of an embattled government. On September 22, 1862, five days after Union troops defeated Robert E. Lee's advance at the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln released the proclamation.
President Lincoln waited until the Union won a battle, otherwise it would be considered an empty, meaningless statement. After the Union won the Battle of Antietam / Sharpsburg Maryland; President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Union victories prior to Antietam / Sharpsburg were few and far between.
The "Forward progress rule" was implemented well before 2012. It had been implemented in 1906 and changed in 1932, 1972, and most recently 1988 which brings us to today's rule. A long time ago a runner's "forward progress" was not considered stopped until he hit the ground. Today it is a judgement call by officials when they believe the runner can no longer advance the football any further.
As promised, Lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so on the heels of a successful Union military advance. On September 22, 1862, after a victory at Antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of January 1, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Despite this expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free a single slave, it fundamentally transformed the character of the war. After January 1, 1863, every advance of federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators. By the end of the war, almost 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and freedom.
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1. The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the farthest advance north of the Confederate Army.2. The Battle of Shiloh, likely the bloodiest battle ever fought in North America.3. The Emancipation Proclamation.4. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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