Emancipation proclamation
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.
The southern states in rebellion.
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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.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the rebelling states (the confederacy) and did not free the slaves in the five border states.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all the slaves in the Confederate States
Slaves were freed on December 18, 1865, after the civil war. The 13th amendment freed them.
Abraham Lincoln signed it. It freed the slaves held in the Confederate States. The other slaves were not freed until later.
It stated that all slaves in the Confederate states should be freed.
Slaves living in the Confederate states during the Civil War were freed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Emancipation Proclamation, however this was in name only, no slaves at all were freed as the Union had no control of Confederate territory and was unable to enforce it.
The law that freed the slaves in the United States was the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It declared that all slaves in Confederate territory were to be freed.