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Q: If president Lincoln didn't signed the emancipation proclamation would blacks still be slaves?
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How did blacks get free?

By Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation.


What group of people did Abraham Lincoln help free in the US?

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves, African Americans, or blacks, whatever you want to call them.


How did southerners react to the emancipation proclamation?

blacks recruited


Why does King refer to the emancipation proclamation at the start of his speech?

because lincoln made the emanicpation proclamation to free slaves but still even without slavery blacks were not equal to whites at the time


Did the Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation affect women during the US Civil War?

Yes because the more that Blacks tried for their freedom the more that the Black women realized that they had hope to get rights to. But the proclamation alone did not affect women unless they were Black


When did President Lincoln call for volunteers to fight the South?

The Emancipation Proclamation declared that southern blacks could fight for the north.


When did the emancipation proclamation effect?

the emancipation proclamation took effect in 1865 when the south surrendered but in 1863, blacks were allowed to fight in the war for very little pay


What do some historians believe was one of President Lincoln's least creditable speeches?

On August 14, 1862, President Lincoln addressed a group of Afro-American leaders in Washington DC. At this meeting he pushed for his long desired colonization of freed Blacks. He was met with a lukewarm reception. He did not inform them of his pending first Emancipation Proclamation.


Did the emancipation proclamation live up to its name?

No because the blacks were still not really "free"


What year did slaves become free?

Well, technically they were all free when President Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation. However, many blacks were not truly free, from both slavery and the KKK until the early 1990's.


What was Abraham Lincoln's methods of freeing the slaves?

first, when he was a child, he hated slaves just like his dad. so then they moved to illinois. from kentucky. later on, he became the president and signed the emancipation proclamation. then he freed the slaves. second, he never knew how to give up. Lincoln owned slaves himself and when he freed them wanted to send all blacks to central america because he did not believe whites and blacks could live together


How did Abraham Lincoln free slaves from slavery?

He freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation that said slaves could no longer be kept in the rebel states, also known as the South. Lincoln freed the slaves to try to keep the North fighting and to force the South back into the United States, Lincoln wanted to send all the slaves to central america because he did not believe whites and blacks should live together, Lincoln also was a slave owner.