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Do you thibk that he emancipation of slaves should have extended to the border states?
Wiki User
∙ 7y ago
No.
All the border states were sharply divided between pro-Union and pro-Confederate sentiment. A demand for emancipation would have tipped the balance and sent those states straight into the arms of the Confederacy.
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∙ 13y ago
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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.
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 did the Emancipation Proclamation means for slaves living in border states that remained in the union?
It allowed the border states to continue slavery for the duration of the war. But in a roundabout way, it helped to liberate them, because it prevented Britain and France from aiding the South, and this greatly improved the chance of eventual Union victory.
Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?
The Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?
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.
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 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 did the Emancipation Proclamation means for slaves living in border states that remained in the union?
It allowed the border states to continue slavery for the duration of the war. But in a roundabout way, it helped to liberate them, because it prevented Britain and France from aiding the South, and this greatly improved the chance of eventual Union victory.
What is the term for freeing of slaves?
emancipation
Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?
The Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?
Did the emancipation proclamation immediately free all the slaves?
No the emancipation proclamation did not free all slaves immediately. instead it freed very few people because the emancipation proclamation did not apply to slaves in the border states who were fighting for the union states. it also did not act upon the slaves in the south that were already under union control.
What does the word emancipation?
Emancipation means the act of freeing. Example: Slaves were emancipated. This means that the slaves were freed.
What document did freed slaves get for proof of their emancipation?
'The Emancipation Proclamation
What document set the slaves free?
The Emancipation Proclomation
