No, they had no motive to do so.
The Proclamation gave each state three months to give up slavery and join the Union. But none of them did.
It was the Union troops who liberated the slaves.
The Emancipation Proclamation
the slaves in the south were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
Slaves in the U.S. south were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
The emancipation proclamation was intended to free all slaves in the South.
The Emancipation Proclamation is credited with freeing the slaves in the United States.
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The Emancipation Proclamation.
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The Emancipation Proclamation. It did not actually free the slaves at that time, because Lincoln could not enforce any laws in the South. But it did give the Union troops a licence to free any slaves they came across in their Southern campaigns. This depleted the labour force and deprived the Confederates of farm produce.
The Emancipation Proclamation was applied everywhere Union Army had seized Confederate territory and border states.