It ceased to be relevant when the slaves in the Upper South (which was exempted from the terms of the Proclamation) were liberated after the war.
1863
why did the emancipation apply only to the confederacy
The Emancipation Proclomation
Abraham Lincoln
1863
Emancipation Proclomation
it free'd all the slaves in the south
1984
Abraham Lincoln
the battle of Antietam
emancipation proclomation is one
The Emancipation Proclomation, freeing slaves in the South