It kept the British and French from sending aid to the Confederacy - it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.
On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
It was issued by US president Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States and the author of the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Lincoln. But they were freed by Union troops during their Southern campaigns, not by the Proclamation, which was mainly a tatcic to shame the British out of helping the cause of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
The President who introduced the Emancipation Proclamation was Abraham Lincoln. It was an order that was made during the American Civil War in 1863 that allowed slaves to be free in the Confederate States.