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It was completely political. He did not free any slaves with this declaration. Slaves in northern states remained slaves.

The issue was a growing population of property, black slaves that the north was collecting. Were they people or property? The United States still allowed slavery, so they technically could not be freed. They could not sell the slaves to other northern slave owners without other political fallout, so the logical choice was to free them so they could fight as soldiers.

Slavery ended the December AFTER the civil war ended. Lincoln did not live to see this end.

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Chiefly political - keeping Britain and France from helping the Confederates, because it would make them look pro-slavery themselves.

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Lincoln justified his Emancipation Proclamation on the basis of?

Lincoln made the argument that the Emancipation Proclamation was a military necessity. Lincoln believed the proclamation would weaken the South.


What is the impotance of the emancipation proclamation?

It kept the British from recognising the Confederacy and sending military aid.


What did Lincoln want before he announced the Emancipation Proclamation?

a major Union military victory


What does the emancipation proclamation say the executive government including military will do?

to free all slaves


Who was at emancipation proclamation?

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What did Lincoln to do about slavery after the battle of Antietam?

He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept the British from sending military aid to the Confederates.


What was the reaction to the northern democrats to the emancipation proclamation?

Relief that Britain and France would not be able to send military aid to the Confederates.


What was the reaction to northern democrats to the emancipation proclamation?

Relief that Britain and France would not be able to send military aid to the Confederates.


The emancipation proclamation had the effect of?

Keeping Britain and France from sending military aid to the Confederates, for fear of looking pro-slavery.


What did Lincoln promise to do about slavery after the Battle of Antietam?

He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept the British from sending military aid to the Confederates.


What did the emancipation prolclamation do?

The Emancipation Proclamation declare freedom for slaves in the ten states remaining at war with the Union. It also allowed military service for freedman who were deemed competent for service.


What are two things the emancipation proclamation accomplish?

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the slave owning Southern states. It also ordered that those among the freed slaves who were capable of serving in the Union Army were eligible to enroll and be paid for that military service.