The Emancipation Proclamation officially freed slaves in the United States. It was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln January 1, 1863 after three years of war. It applied only to the states that were in rebellion, so slave holding states like Delaware, Missouri, Maryland and Kentucky or states that had already come under Union jurisdiction were not included.
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Two main outcomes of the civil war are the freeing of the slaves and maintaining the nation together since the union won.
The Emancipation Proclamation was the proclamation issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in states that were in rebellion against the Union. The proclamation was issued in the Fall of 1862 and took effect on January 1, 1863.
These were ex-slaves. At first, they just performed fatigues for the Northern units. But gradually they were allowed into uniform and formed black regiments and brigades.
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President Lincoln favored saving the Union over freeing the slaves.
Freeing all slaves in states fighting against the Union
No. Lincoln detested slavery, but did nothing about it; his sole goal was to preserve the union. He believed that ANYTHING that would preserve the union and prevent the confederacy from seceding was proper to do. Lincoln himself wrote that if he could preserve the union by freeing all the slaves, he would do so; if he could preserve the union by not freeing ANY slaves he would do so, and that if he could preserve the union by freeing some slaves and not freeing others, he would do THAT. Which is what he did. The Emancipation Proclamation freed only the slaves within the Confederacy; it did not free any slaves within the areas controlled by the North.
The freeing of slaves was called emancipation. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation effective 1 January 1863. It proclaimed emancipation (freedom) for all slaves from states then at war with the Union.
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During the Civil War, the Union army focused on conquiring Southern land and freeing Confederate slaves.
Freeing all slaves in the states fighting against the union
it helped by freeing all the states that were fighting in the civil war and all the union states that had slaves
(1862) An order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took effect January 1, 1863.