Chiefly to make it impossible for the British to send military aid to the Confederates - it would make them look pro-slavery.
Lincoln also hoped to inspire the Northern public with crusading zeal, but this did not happen.
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It kept Britain from supporting the Confederates.
The Emancipation Proclomation
the emancipation proclamation
The emancipation Proclamation doesn't have feeling.....
When Lincoln was president, the Emancipation Proclamation was to free all of the slaves in the Confederacy. :)
That would be the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Lincoln waited to announce the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to ensure that it would have the greatest impact on the Civil War and public opinion. He needed a significant Union victory to give the proclamation more credibility and support.
Lincoln. But they were freed by Union troops during their Southern campaigns, not by the Proclamation, which was mainly a tatcic to shame the British out of helping the cause of slavery.
The Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?