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The Emancipation Proclamation
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What is the name of the document President Lincoln signed that freed slaves in confederate states?
Slaves were freed on December 18, 1865, after the civil war. The 13th amendment freed them.
What proclamation freed slaves in the confederate states?
Emancipation proclamation
What document freed the slaves in the states rebelling against the union?
The Obama document
What document freed the slaves in the confederate states?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all the slaves in Confederate states. It was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. As Lincoln had no authority in the rebelling Southern states, the document allowed military commanders to free slaves in lands they captured. Sometimes these slaves joined the Union army.
What president did the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln signed it. It freed the slaves held in the Confederate States. The other slaves were not freed until later.
Did the Emancipation proclamation declared that all enslaved people were free?
No. The Emancipation Proclamation, written by Abraham Lincoln, declared all slaves in the CONFEDERATE states free. This did no good because the confederate states were not in Lincoln's control at the time. This document said nothing about the UNION slaves, though. A couple of the states fighting on Lincoln's side still had slaves, and the emancipation proclamation did not set them free.
What was signed by Lincoln to free the slaves in the confederate states?
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in all the rebellious states of the Union. Lincoln had no power to enforce his statement, so no slaves were actually freed. Also, slaves in the border states that remained loyal to the Union were not freed.
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in which he?
Freed all the slaves in the Confederate States
What document freed all slaves living in confedrate states?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
Facts about the Emancipation Proclamation?
It only released slaves of the Confederate States but not the slaves of the Union States. Only the Union slaves could be freed after the war had ended.
What did Abraham Lincoln sign that freed the slaves form the confederate states of America?
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 to prevent foreign recognition of the Confederate States of America. As Lincoln had no power to free slaves in the Confederate States, the document did not free any slaves and exempted slaves in loyal Union states and in those areas of the South occupied by Federal troops.
What best explains the emancipation proclamation?
It stated that all slaves in the Confederate states should be freed.
