Did Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation free all slaves?

Answer 1

The Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln only applied to slaves in those areas in secession and controlled by the Confederacy. In those areas, the authority of the US President was not recognized. It did not effect slaves in the Union's border states.

Answer 2

The Emancipation Proclamation freed only slaves in those states or areas that were "currently in rebellion" against the United States. In other words, it theoretically only freed slaves in states that were fighting for the Confederacy. Of course, Lincoln and the United States had no power to enforce laws in areas that it did not control. Therefore, almost no slaves were actually freed by the Proclamation. Many are surprised to learn that it did not free slaves in those slave holding states that remained part of the Union, such as Maryland and Kentucky. Also, it did not free slaves in parts of Southern states that had already surrendered to the Union, such as sections of Louisiana around New Orleans. This is not to say that the Emancipation Proclamation was unimportant. Before this, the war had been about preserving the Union. Afterwards, it was seen more and more as a war to end slavery. The most important outcome of this switch was to keep England and France, who depended on Southern cotton for their mills, from entering the war in support of the Confederacy. Anti-slavery sentiment was high in those nations and support of a pro-slavery cause was politically impossible. Without foreign support, the less populated, non-industrial South was doomed to fall eventually to the superior manpower and manufacturing might of the North.

Answer 3

President Lincoln's proclamation was called the Emancipation Proclamation which was used as a wartime tactic by President Lincoln. Lincoln's proclamation had no legal authority in the Confederacy. And it did not effect the slave border states.

Answer 4

It didn't free any slaves, because it was not a law, only a Proclamation.

Its chief aim was to turn the war into an official crusade against slavery, so that free countries abroad could not aid the Confederates without looking pro-slavery themselves.

The only slaves freed directly by the Proclamation were the ones liberated by the Union armies in their Southern campaigns. Meanwhile Lincoln allowed slavery to continue in the states of the Upper South that had remained loyal, as he was keen not to offend powerful slave-owners in these states and drive them into the arms of the Confederacy.

Answer 5

South. Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware, which were north of the Missouri compromise line, were allowed to keep their slaves. Every other state in the south was supposed to free their slaves. This would only go into affect if the Union (north) won the civil war.

Answer 6

President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was a war measure that allowed areas in the South that the Union armies had captured to free any slaves. The intent was to disrupt the society of the South and to send a message to America that in due time, slavery would eventually be abolished in the US. This he planned for when the Southern rebellion was ended.

Answer 7

No, not at the time. The thirteenth amendment freed the slaves in the United States.

Answer 8

No, it only freed the slaves. This was great but the slaves didn't have anywhere to go and most pro slave people were bitter about it which just led to racism and segregation.