The Emancipation Proclomation
emancipation proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation
he was only 40 when he set the slaves free
The Emancipation Proclamation.
All slaves that were owned by people in the South were set free. Not the slaves in the North. The 13th Amendment set all the slaves free.
1865
i do not now
He set them free when he died
Abraham Lincoln set the slaves free.
Yes, slave owners could choose to free their slaves by granting them emancipation. This was done through legal documents or sometimes by setting them free in person. However, many slave owners chose not to do so due to economic, social, or ideological reasons.
1865
The Emancipation Proclamation
it was the document that declared all slaves free
No, it set them all free immediately.