states still in rebellion against the Union after January 1, 1863
That document signed by Abraham Lincoln is the Emancipation Proclamation.
January 1, 1863.
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.
only slaves in areas at war with the union
knew it did not specifically free all enslaved people
The Emancipation Proclamation was significant because it declared all enslaved people in Confederate states to be free, changing the focus of the Civil War to include the abolition of slavery as a key goal.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free enslaved people in Confederate states during the Civil War, in order to weaken the Confederacy and strengthen the Union's cause.
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free enslaved people in Confederate states during the Civil War, in order to weaken the Confederacy and strengthen the Union's cause.
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.
Emancipation Proclamation
The Abolitionists, the Quakers, the Radical Republicans, most people living in the North, the Slaves.
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 during the Civil War. It declared that all enslaved people in Confederate states were to be set free. This had a significant impact on the lives of enslaved people as it provided them with hope for freedom and encouraged many to escape to Union lines. However, the proclamation did not immediately free all enslaved people, as it only applied to Confederate states that were not under Union control.