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What did the battle of Antietam did?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 11/29/2021

It led immediately to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all Southern slaves to be 'thenceforward and forever free', and turning it into a war on slavery. This would prevent the British from helping the Confederates (which they were planning to do) because it would make them look pro-slavery.

Lincoln had had to wait all summer for a Northern victory that would give him the credibility to make this announcement.

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Justus Rau

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3y ago

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