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The Emancipation Proclamation - declaring freedom for all slaves in Confederate states.

As a Proclamation, not a Law, it could not directly free any slaves. It sounded more like a human rights appeal. But it was in fact a shrewd tactical move by Lincoln to keep the British and French from sending aid to the Confederates. After the Proclamation, they could no longer do this without looking pro-slavery themsevles.

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