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How did the Northerners feel when the Emancipation Proclamation was written?
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How did the emancipation proclamation feel about the war?
The emancipation Proclamation doesn't have feeling.....
What did the harshest British critics say about the Emancipation Proclamation of US President Lincoln?
Many British critics did not approve of the Emancipation Proclamation. They did not feel it was a good idea.
How did African Americans feel about the emancipation proclamation?
well they feelt pretty good about it
How did people feel about the Emancipation Proclamation?
During the Civil War, when President Lincoln made his Emancipation Proclamation, reactions varied greatly. Critics and enemies in the South scorned the move and even ridiculed it, although most of the slaves (quietly) celebrated it. Some Northerners disagreed with it out of fear that it would lengthen the war unnecessarily. Most Northerners, however, rejoiced with the hope that, at last, freedom was going to become reality for all Americans.BTW, the Emancipation Proclamation explicitly freed no slaves at all in the few slave states still loyal to the Union (to prevent having them rebel too). It only proclaimed the slaves free in those states then in rebellion against the Union (where the Union had absolutely no power to enforce it). So the Emancipation Proclamation actually freed no slaves at all anywhere. The primary purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was not to free slaves at all or even for US consumption, but as an instrument of international propaganda (particularly on the British who had banned slavery throughout the British Empire several years before, to cease support for the Confederacy and support only the Union) and it worked in that purpose.
Why did the southern states ignore the emancipation proclama tion?
The southern states ignored the Emancipation Proclamation because they had already succeeded for the Union. It is as simple as that. They did not feel that the President of the United States had any jurisdiction over them.
How did northern Democrats feel about Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?
They did not want to give up there slaves.( I don't know much, but I'm an 8th grader, so..)
How did the South and North feel about the Emancipation Proclamation?
The abolitinists were angry about the exclusions and everyone knew that emancipation meant nothing until the Confederacy was defeated.
How did slaves in Georgia feel about the emancipation proclamation?
Slaves in Georgia generally viewed the Emancipation Proclamation positively as it offered them hope for freedom and represented a turning point in the fight against slavery. However, the impact varied among individuals based on their circumstances and access to information. Many saw it as a significant step toward ending slavery and achieving equality.
What 2 purposes did the emancipation proclamation was issued?
To make the North feel they were fighting a crusade against slavery. (It didn't.) To keep Britain from supporting the Confederates, as it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves. (It did.)
Why did some white northerners did not want slavery to end?
Because they thought it would threaten the cotton revenues, which were more than 50% of US exports. People don't like recognising that most Northerners were not Abolitionists. They were fighting for the unity of the states, and by implication, the cotton revenues. It was only after the Emancipation Proclamation that the war was made to look like a crusade against the evils of slavery - and that was principally to keep Britain and France from granting recognition to the Confederacy. No doubt a few Northerners did take another look at this thing called slavery, and began to feel a glow of moral mission in the great struggle. But the mid-term elections did not seem to indicate this, and it simply wasn't the biggest factor.
Did union soldiers fight against slavery during the civil war?
It was not their over-riding motive. Most Northerners were not Abolitionists,and they answered Lincoln's call in support of the Union, or more prosaically to save the cotton revenues. In September 1862, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as an urgent war-measure, to keep Britain from helping the Confederates. (It would have made them look pro-slavery.) His secondary aim was to revive Northern morale by making them feel they were fighting a worthwhile crusade against the evils of slavery. The mid-term elections did not indicate any new rush of Abolitionism, and most Northerners did not feel deeply about slavery from the beginning of the war to its very end.
How did the colonists feel about proclamation?
They felt angry.
