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It was only a Proclamation, not a statute.
It related to the states over which Lincoln had no authority, so it carried no weight until and unless the Union defeated the Confederacy.
It allowed slavery to continue in the states of the Upper South that had remained loyal, and was therefore not a credible human-rights document.
What else can I help you with?
What Emancipation Proclamation was a good thing to some Confederate leaders to make peace before the J?
The emancipation proclamation was to set the slaves free.
If Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation why do we need the third amendment ending slavery?
Because the Emancipation Proclamation only freed some states from slavery
What was the document that some slaves signed?
some slaves signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
What are some important things that Mary Lincoln did?
write the emancipation proclamation...
How did southerners slaves aid the northern war effort?
When Lincoln announced the emancipation proclamation, some of the slaves were free which then aided the union army to end 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.
What is the name of the proclamation issued by abraham lincoln to free all slaves?
Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation after the victory of the Battle of Antietam in September of 1862, to take effect on January 1st of 1863 unless the states in rebellion rejoined the Union. The proclamation only effected the states in rebellion.
Why did some Americans react negatively to the Emancipation Proclamation during the US Civil War?
In certain cases, people on each side of the US Civil War were of the belief that Black slaves were inferior peoples. This type of racism caused some Americans to react negatively to the Emancipation Proclamation.
How long did some Texas plantation owners take to inform their slaves of the Emancipation Proclamation?
over two years
Why did some abolitionists criticize the emancipation proclamation?
because it did not itself outlaw slavery, and did not make the ex-slaves citizens.
Some abolitionists criticized Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation because they?
knew it did not specifically free all enslaved people
Did bill Clinton signed the emancipation proclamation?
No. Clinton wasn't even born until some 80 years later.
