It was after the rather lucky Union win at Antietam (Sharpsburg) in September 1862, which gave Lincoln the chance to issue the Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure.
Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam.
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.
While it wasn't immediately following, the Battle of Antietam and the Union victory there gave President Lincoln the push to issue the proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863.
The Battle of Antietam was fought in Maryland on September 17, 1862, while President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation later, on January 1, 1863. The battle was a significant turning point in the Civil War and provided Lincoln with the opportunity to announce the proclamation. Thus, the Battle of Antietam came first.
After, it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in the President's office in front of his cabinet. Lincoln issued it after the Union Victory at the Battle of Antietam and later at the Gettysburg Battlefield.
Lincoln waited until after the Battle of Antietam to issue the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to wait for a Union victory to give the proclamation more credibility and show that the Union was in a stronger position.
The outcome of the battle of Antietam motivated Lincoln to release the Emancipation proclamation.
The Union's victory at Antietam, was an important defeat, which President Lincoln needed, in order to issue the first portion of the Emancipation Proclamation, so that it would have an affect, and impact on the south. The battle of Antietam ended in the Union's victory on September 18, 1862, and the draft issue of the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on September 22, 1862.
After the bloody Battle of Antietam, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which included that all slaves held in the rebellious territories shall be free.
Freeing the slaves in the Confederacy.Lincoln issued the first Emancipation Proclamation shortly after the Battle of Antietam. It would take effect January 1, 1863.This did not effect any European power from formal recognition. least of all the world's most powerful empire with millions of "Native Peoples " under their control. One can call it forced labor. The British had already given the Confederacy "de facto " recognition as it had a constitution, a government and an army.