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Slaves in the rebelling states
The Emancipation Proclamation freed those enslaved people who had not already freed themselves in Rebel-held states, but not border states where slavery was also legal.
states in rebellion against the United States. all rebelling states
The document that President Abraham Lincoln used to free the slaves was called the Emancipation Proclamation. It freed slaves in the rebelling Southern states only, not border states. They were freed later. As Lincoln had no authority to free slaves, this was a war measure. The results were that slaves in areas captured by Union forces were freed.
All slaves in areas under rebellion (the south) were free of slavery. The slaves in non rebelling states (the north) were still in slavery
Slaves in the rebelling states
Slaves in states rebelling against the United States were free
The Emancipation Proclamation.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the rebelling states (the confederacy) and did not free the slaves in the five border states.
states in rebellion against the United States. all rebelling states
President Lincoln's "Emancipation proclamation".
The Emancipation Proclamation freed those enslaved people who had not already freed themselves in Rebel-held states, but not border states where slavery was also legal.
Slaves were freed on December 18, 1865, after the civil war. The 13th amendment freed them.
states in rebellion against the United States. all rebelling states
Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States and the author of the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln is probably the answer you want. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves in the rebelling Southern states during the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. It declared that all enslaved individuals in Confederate states were to be set free. The proclamation did not immediately free all slaves, but it was a critical step towards the abolition of slavery in the United States.