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Did the emancipation proclamation free slaves only in the border states during the civil war?
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∙ 13y ago
It freed slaves in those Confederat states, which had not returned to Union control by January 1, 1863.
Llewellyn Hermiston
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∙ 13y agoGood question.
The Border states were the only slave-states over which Lincoln could impose authority, and he could have banned slavery there. But he was keen not to upset the people of those states, and drive them into the arms of the Confederates. So ironically, they were allowed to continue practising slavery until the end of the war.
As for proclaiming that all Southern slaves were 'thenceforward and forever free', this did not actually liberate anyone, though it gave Union troops a licence to rob the enemy of his slaves, who could never be returned to their owners, unless the Confederates won.
The Proclamation was chiefly a war measure, aimed at keeping the British from helping the Confederates. It turned the war officially into a crusade against slavery (which it hadn't been originally), so that other free nations could not be seen to help the South.
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What slaves did the emancipation free?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the rebelling states (the confederacy) and did not free the slaves in the five border states.
What two things did the emancipation proclamation did not do?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in all of the rebel states, but it failed to set the slaves free in the 4 "border states." (Deleware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri)
Where did the emancipation proclamation apply to slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation was applied everywhere Union Army had seized Confederate territory and border states.
Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?
The Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?
What happened if you are alive in emancipation proclamation?
emancipation proclamation was something Lincoln passed to free the slaves in the confederate are during the civil war
Name of the document that free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
What document set the slaves free?
The Emancipation Proclomation
What is the name of the document that gave slaves freedom?
The document that President Abraham Lincoln used to free the slaves was called the Emancipation Proclamation. It freed slaves in the rebelling Southern states only, not border states. They were freed later. As Lincoln had no authority to free slaves, this was a war measure. The results were that slaves in areas captured by Union forces were freed.
What does emancipatin proclomation mean?
The Emancipation Proclamation was the proclamation that Lincoln gave during the civil war that freed the slaves.
What was the result of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Confederacy as a strategic war move; it did not free slaves in key border states, such as Maryland and Virginia, where some slaves worked for the Union army. freed most slaves inthe confederacy NOVANET
What proclamation free'd slaves in the south?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation of Proclamation?
When Lincoln was president, the Emancipation Proclamation was to free all of the slaves in the Confederacy. :)
