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.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in all of the rebel states, but it failed to set the slaves free in the 4 "border states." (Deleware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri)
Free slaves
what two requests did the emancipation proclamation make of the newly freed slaves
honesty and trust
Free slaves
California and Oregon but there are more states
There were more than two limitations concerning President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.One clear cut limit was the fact that slavery in the Border states were not effected by the Proclamation. Also, the Proclamation could not be enforced in the Confederate states.
The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. (Redirected from Emancipation proclamation)Before he issued the Proclamation, President Lincoln wanted a Union victory on the battlefield. The Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was a close battle and the Union claimed victory. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, which took effect on January 1, 1863.
over two years
Lincoln announced the Proclamation in September 1862, and was assassinated in April 1865 - two and half years.
In January, 1863. Two years after the Civil War began.
It was suppose to free the slaves but it was nearly two years later before most slaves new they were free.