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How did the Emacipation Proclamation affect the enslaved people in the south?
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∙ 7y ago
It didn't directly - Lincoln did not carry any authority in the South at that time. Also, he allowed slavery to continue in the four states of the Upper South that had voted to stay loyal.
Indirectly, it did a good deal for liberation. Union troops fighting in the South were now licensed to free any slaves they came across. And more significantly, the Emancipation had the effect of keeping Britain and France from helping the Confederacy and sending military aid - they could not do this without looking pro-slavery themselves.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoDirectly, not at all.
It allowed slavery to continue in the four buffer-states, so it was clearly not abolitionist.
It 'proclaimed' freedom for slaves in the Southern states (over which Lincoln had no authority at that time) and authorised Union troops to deprive slave-owners of their property whenever they had the chance. If the North were to win, then those ex-slaves could never be returned to their ex-owners. The North did win, so the war itself ended slavery.
The most urgent aim of the Proclamation was to identify the war as a crusade against slavery, which would make it ethically impossible for Britain to help the Confederates.
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∙ 14y agoI believe the Emancipation Proclamation freed all the slaves and the confederansy states... I got this answer from my group with a teacher helped us.
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The Emancipation Proclamation gave freedom to .?
only slaves in areas at war with the union
What proclamation freed all slaves in areas still rebelling?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed those enslaved people who had not already freed themselves in Rebel-held states, but not border states where slavery was also legal.
How did the emancipation proclamation affect Georgia?
It was when the prisoners began I make a group and fight people and got out of jail...
How did the Romans use the enslaved people from land they conquered?
The Romans enslaves people by making the enslaved people grow some wheat!! =( =[
Who enlisted the services of enslaved people during the American Revolution?
The British enlisted the services of enslaved people during the American Revolution.
What does the proclamation mean for enslaved people in the border states?
Absolutely nothing. They were excluded.
What year did the emancipation proclamation freed enslaved people in confederate states?
January 1, 1863.
What documents gave enslaved people their freedom in 1863?
That document signed by Abraham Lincoln is the Emancipation Proclamation.
The emancipation proclamation enslaved people living where?
states still in rebellion against the Union after January 1, 1863
Some abolitionists criticized Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation because they?
knew it did not specifically free all enslaved people
The Emancipation Proclamation gave freedom to .?
only slaves in areas at war with the union
The (blank) freed all people enslaved in states still in rebellion against the Union after January 1, 1863?
Emancipation Proclamation
Where did the emancipation proclamation freed enslaved people?
The Emancipation Proclamation was very carefully worded to not free anyone anywhere at the time of its writing!The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves inside states in rebellion (i.e. Confederacy) and not controlled by Union troops. These states obviously ignored the Emancipation Proclamation and did not free any slaves. At the time the Emancipation Proclamation was written Union troops did not control any of those states.The Emancipation Proclamation explicitly permitted states that had stayed in the Union to keep their slaves. This was because if the Emancipation Proclamation freed such slaves then these states would probably leave the Union and join the Confederacy. Lincoln could not afford to have that happen!In fact the Emancipation Proclamation was a Propaganda document to encourage European support for the Union, and it was not expected to have any effect on either slave masters or enslaved people.Actually freeing the enslaved people would have to wait until after the war.
What proclamation freed all slaves in areas still rebelling?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed those enslaved people who had not already freed themselves in Rebel-held states, but not border states where slavery was also legal.
What did black people gain from emacipation?
Emancipation declared the freedom of all slaves
What are enslaved people?
enslaved people are people who are slaves back then during the colonies there had enslaved people who help then with their plantations
What is enslaved people?
Enslaved people are people who doesn't have freedom or rights
