They were mad!!!
In the south, white reacted to the proclamation with rage.
Black southerners reacted in a positive way to the emancipation proclamation. The act allowed the slaves to be freed, and this gave the blacks a free life, something they had been wanting for a long time.
The southerners reacted to the Emancipation Proclamation by starting attacks and being full of rage, because if their slaves escaped the Northerners could set them free because if the Union set them free then the slaves had to join the army or navy on the Union (North) side.
White southerners where horrified. They were worried that the slaves would revolt. The slaves were confused but were free they started a revolt and put the confederacy into financial struggles .
The abolitinists were angry about the exclusions and everyone knew that emancipation meant nothing until the Confederacy was defeated.
The slave owners thought that the document's existence was insignificant as far as actually freeing the slaves, but they knew that the slaves have heard of it through grapevine, and feared the the slaves would revolt. In easy terms, the slave owners could care less about the document, and continued on with their lives.
Well, by just simply ignoring it at moving farther west. This was one of the many things that caused the revolutionary war.
My version is Lincoln and everyone else in the North wanted to do away with slavery. The South's economy depended on slaves to work the cotton fields. When Lincoln came up with the Emancipation Proclamation, the document that freed the slaves, the south reacted with rage and rebelled. When they seceded from the Union, the Civil War started.
You need to do this prompt. It is asking for your critical thinking skills and how well you understood the lesson. It isn’t asking for ours.
Some former masters reacted with anger and resistance to the emancipation of slaves, feeling that their way of life was being threatened. Others adapted to the changes and worked towards rebuilding their communities. Some even hired former slaves as paid workers to help sustain their businesses.
Colonists reacted with anger to the Proclamation of 1763 because it forbade colonists from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. It also heavily regulated trade in favor of Great Britain and not the colonists.
How would you have reacted if you were Ms. Allen? Explain why