Many British critics did not approve of the Emancipation Proclamation. They did not feel it was a good idea.
Neither expected the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation before the war ended.
Abraham Lincoln. Of course, you could technically also say that Jefferson Davis was also president at that time (of the Confederacy).
Antietam
In London, the newspaper, Times, was sarcastic about the first issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. It correctly pointed out that the slaves not under the control of US President Lincoln could not be freed, while the slaves within the Union remained slaves.
January 1st 1863. He gave the slave-states a bit of notice, in case any of them wanted to re-join the Union before the date of Emancipation, but none of them did.
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved individuals in Confederate states were to be set free.
As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation
The historic Proclamation was Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, effective from January 1st 1863. It did not end the war, but it did end Confederate hopes of official recognition and miitary aid from Britain and France. You could say it was the biggest factor in the eventual Confederate defeat.
to free all slaves
yes, my civics teacher told me. he's known as the great emancipator. Lincoln, during the Civil war, was politically for slavery, but not morally. He only did this because he felt it would improve people's opinions about him, making it easier for him to maneuver throughout the battlefield without the public questioning him. Although he did state he had slaves, he treated them as family members and respected them. He eventually released the Emancipation Proclamation Act, which released all slaves in all states. Unfortunately, he did not control every state and slaves in the uncontrolled states were still held by the South.
Freeing all slaves in the states fighting against the union