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That was when the Emancipation Proclamation became effective.
He had wanted to issue it in the summer of 1862, when the Confederates were in the ascendant, but his cabinet said it would look like a desperate measure.
So he waited till there was a Union victory, which came (unexpectedly) in September.
But even then, he decided to give the Southern states a few weeks to quit the Confederacy and re-join the Union.
None of them did. And so the Emancipation became effective in January 1863.
Its main effect (and most urgent) was to keep the British from aiding the Confederates, as it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.
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∙ 7y agoLincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Lincoln actually signed it and announced it after the Battle of Antietam, but it was to take effect on January 1, 1863 so that southern states could return to the Union before that date, if they so desired, but none did.
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