Because freeing southern states weakened the confederacy, the proclamation could be seen as a military action.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
The freeing of slaves was called emancipation. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation effective 1 January 1863. It proclaimed emancipation (freedom) for all slaves from states then at war with the Union.
The upper southern states were the first to start freeing slaves. The northern states were already free states and didn't need to free any slaves.
Freeing all slaves in states fighting against the Union
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America. He was credited with freeing the slaves, but was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in states that were in rebellion against the Union. The proclamation was issued in the Fall of 1862 and took effect on January 1, 1863.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing all slaves in Confederate territory. He also supported the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States. Lincoln's treatment of slaves was focused on ending the institution of slavery and promoting equality for all individuals.
He freed the slaves in the northern states which led to freeing the states in the southern states. Thats all i got if anyone could add it would sure help.
# Licoln was president during the deadliest American conflict # He signed the emancipation proclomatin freeing ONLY the slaves that were in the rebeling southern states
The document freeing slaves in the states in rebellion.
The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves in the southern states that had rebelled. It did NOT free any slaves that were held in the Union states. Lincoln once stated that if he could defeat the South and bring them back to the Union without freeing the slaves he would do it.