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Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky.

Lincoln was worried that forcing them to release their slaves at this point might cause them to leave the Union and join the Confederacy.

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Because they were the four slave-states that had remained loyal to the Union.

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Did the proclamation apply to all of the states?

The Emancipation Proclamation applied only to the States that were at war with the union; it did not apply to the four "slave States" that did not secede. In other words, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free any slaves at the time it was published.


What were the slave states that stayed in the Union at the beginning of the US Civil War?

Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. Slaves in these states were not freed till after the US Civil War; not even by the Emancipation Proclamation. These four states were the slave border states and purposefully not included in the Emancipation Proclamation. US President Lincoln could not risk having these states join the Confederacy.


Where was the Emancipation Proclamation applied to slaves?

The Emancipation Proclamation was very carefully worded to not free anyone anywhere at the time of its writing!The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves inside states in rebellion (i.e. Confederacy) and not controlled by Union troops. These states obviously ignored the Emancipation Proclamation and did not free any slaves. At the time the Emancipation Proclamation was written Union troops did not control any of those states.The Emancipation Proclamation explicitly permitted states that had stayed in the Union to keep their slaves. This was because if the Emancipation Proclamation freed such slaves then these states would probably leave the Union and join the Confederacy. Lincoln could not afford to have that happen!In fact the Emancipation Proclamation was a Propaganda document to encourage European support for the Union, and it was not expected to have any effect on either slave masters or enslaved people.Actually freeing the enslaved people would have to wait until after the war.


What was Lincolns famous proclamation?

The Emancipation Proclamation the emancipation proclamation. it was signed on 9/22 in some year in the past The Emancipation Proclamation states simply that all black slaves should be free. That ALL slaves any color, size or shape should be free. Men were created equal and President Lincoln knew that. He decided he needed to do something about it. So he got pen and paper, sat down and started to write. On January 1, 1863 the Proclamation was issued.


Why did Frederick Douglass go to England before emancipation proclamation?

As an escaped slave, he was still subject to the Fugitive Slave Law.

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What impact did the emancipation proclamation had on the four slave states?

because...


Did the proclamation apply to all of the states?

The Emancipation Proclamation applied only to the States that were at war with the union; it did not apply to the four "slave States" that did not secede. In other words, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free any slaves at the time it was published.


The emancipation proclomation freed slaves in all states except?

The emancipation proclamation freed slaves in all states except for the borderline slave states that remained in the union. The proclamation had led the way to abolish slavery in the United States.


What states did the Emancipation Proclamation not end slavery?

The slave states that remained loyal to the Union were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.


Where did the emancipation proclamation free none?

In the slave-states that had remained loyal - Missouri, Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware.


Did Abraham Lincoln believe that slavery was unconstitutional in the slave states?

Yes, hence why he issued the emancipation proclamation


Who specifically would be 'thenceforward forever free?

Assuming this is about the Emancipation Proclamation: Technically, no one. When Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation, it "freed" the slaves of the Confederacy, composed of rebellious states that had seceded from the Union. However, because they were no longer part of the Union and under Lincoln's leadership, the Proclamation technically had no effect on them at all. He also excluded the border slave states that were still part of the Union from the Proclamation because, if they were to secede in retaliation, the Union would be destroyed. Lincoln knew all of this, and so he made the Emancipation Proclamation as more of a symbolic move than an actual law.


What does emancipation proclamatiob do?

The emancipation proclamation gave all slaves still living in slave states their freedom. It was issued in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln.


What were some slave states in 1863?

All of the Union states that allowed slavery before the war were not affected by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.


Is the south Issued Emancipation Proclamatio?

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln on January 1st 1863 (Union), it freed all slaves in the CONFEDERATE states not the Union slave states.


What wartime act by Abraham Lincoln freed those slave living in rebellious states?

The Emancipation Proclamation was Lincoln's wartime act that freed slaves.


What slave states did not secede from the union?

There were four slave states that did not secede from the union, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. Slaves in these states were not freed till after the civil war; not even by the Emancipation Proclamation.