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It didn't. It greatly helped them by making it impossible for Britain and France to aid the South - Lincoln's biggest headache in 1862.

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Q: How did the emancipation proclamation hurt the union?
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Who enforced the emancipation proclamation?

The Emancipation Proclamation was enforce through the advancing Union armies. As the Union soldiers advanced, slaves were freed in their wake, therefore enforcing the Proclamation


Which President proclaimed that the slaves in the southern states were to be freed?

Lincoln. But they were freed by Union troops during their Southern campaigns, not by the Proclamation, which was mainly a tatcic to shame the British out of helping the cause of slavery.


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.


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 emancipitation proclomatin?

The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the states that had seceded from the Union as a movement of the war. The freed slaves became eligible to serve in the Union Army.


Who wrote and what is emancipation proclamation?

The Emacipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln. It stated that there was to be no more slavery in the Union states.


Did the emancipation proclamation free slaves in the union?

It only freed slaves in the Confederacy.


When were the slaves in the Confederacy officially freed according to the union?

As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation


When did the Union say the slaves in the Confederacy officially freed?

As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation


According to the union when were the slaves in confederacy officially freed?

As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation


According to the union when were slaves in the confederacy officially freed?

As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation


The emancipation proclamation freed no one here?

The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the states that were in rebellion. This put the onus on them to return to the Union or face the loss of slaves. Many slaves fled to the union lines where they were considered contraband property until the proclamation went into effect.