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What document promised to free all slaves in those states or parts of states still under control of the Confederacy?
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Who had more slaves Union or Confederacy?
Confederacy
How many people living in the confederacy in 1865 were not slaves?
9 million people were in confederacy in 1865 that were not slaves .
Why did slaves join the british?
They were promised their freedom
How did slaves weaken the confederacy?
slaves either refused to work for their masters, or they may work less efficiently.
What slaves did the emancipation free?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the rebelling states (the confederacy) and did not free the slaves in the five border states.
What major announcement was made by President Lincoln on the first of January in 1863?
Abraham Lincoln signed a document called the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, which supposedly freed all of the slaves in the Confederacy. However, since the Confederacy was not under Union control, this document had no legal effect on the condition of the Confederate slaves. It was actually a clever move that Lincoln used to give the Confederate slaves confidence to escape to the North. This weakened the Confederacy, which depended on slave labor for agriculture.
What did the emancipation proclamation end in the confederacy in the confederacy?
nothing. Lincoln had no control over the confederacy. the proclamation ended slavery in the north but their were no slaves up there.
Which document freed living in states in rebellion again the union?
US President Lincoln issued his final emancipation proclamation in January of 1863. The proclamation decreed that slaves in the Confederate States were free. It had no immediate affect in that most of the slaves in the Confederacy, remained under the control of their "owners".
Who had more slaves Union or Confederacy?
Confederacy
How many people living in the confederacy in 1865 were not slaves?
9 million people were in confederacy in 1865 that were not slaves .
Did the confederacy recognize the emancipation proclamation?
No the confederacy didn't but the slaves did.
Did the emancipation proclamation free slaves in the union?
It only freed slaves in the Confederacy.
Why did slaves join the british?
They were promised their freedom
Did the emancipation proclamation apply to the entire US?
No. It only freed slaves in the rebellious states. Slaves in states that remained in the Union were not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, and slaves in states in the Confederacy were technically freed, but since the Union didn't control most of that territory, only a relatively few slaves were actually freed immediately. (Mostly, those that had been captured by Union troops and were being held as "enemy contraband".)
Did defeating the confederacy justify harming civilians?
No, all that defeating the confederacy did was rid the U.S. of slaves. (Mostly)
What step did Lincoln announce after the battle?
Freeing slaves in the confederacy
When were the slaves in the Confederacy officially freed?
as a result of the emancipation proclamation
