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The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in 10 states that were still in rebellion in 1863. It did not, however, take into account slaves that were in bordering Union states. These remaining slaves were freed on the state and federal level.
The Emancipation Proclamation technically freed slaves only in Confederate-held territory, where the Union had no authority. It did not apply to border states or areas already under Union control. Additionally, the proclamation was a wartime measure aimed at weakening the Confederacy rather than a universal declaration of freedom.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
January 1, 1863. It only freed all slaves in the states that had seceded and formed the Confederacy. In all, it was about 3 million slaves.
The Thirteenth Amendment was the instrument that actually freed the slaves, but his Emancipation Procolamation which went into effect on 1 January 1863 was the first step in the process.
Harriet Tubman, freed many slaves in the 1800s.
The Emancipation Proclamation
In the United States, slaves were freed in 1863. This occurred when President Abraham Lincoln issued what is known as the Emancipation Proclamation.