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The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order by President Lincoln under the war powers act as stated in Article II section 2 of the United States Constitution. He signed it in the White House on January 1, 1863 although he announced his intentions on September 22, 1862 stating that the emancipation would apply to territories not in possession of the Union by January 1, 1863. This proclamation only freed the slaves in the states held by the Confederacy and did not apply to the border states that were in Union possession. State and other federal actions would remedy those states. The importance of the Proclamation was that it was viewed as a positive world wide. Great Britain and France, who originally backed the South, now backed the North after the proclamation. for they did not want to back the side that had slavery. Although Lincoln freed many slaves, it didn't outlaw slavery. In December, 1865, eight months after Lincoln's assassination, the 13th amendment to the US Constitution was ratified outlawing slavery.
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Who was there when Abe signed the emancipation proclamation?
President Abraham Lincoln was most likely the onley person in the Oval Office when he signed the Emancipation proclomation.
What did the emancipation proclomation do.?
it free'd all the slaves in the south
Was the emancipation proclomation signed in the Gettysburg Address?
No. The two were very different documents, and served very different purposes. The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order, written, signed and issued by President Lincoln, and the Gettysburg Address was a speech, written and given by President Lincoln in order to dedicate a national cemetery to the men that died during the Battle of Gettysburg.
When was the emancipation proclamation announced to the public?
President Lincoln SIGNED and ISSUED the Emancipation Proclomation. I don't believe that history is clear on whether or not he actually SPOKE it.
What did Lincoln do before he delivered the Gettysburg Address?
Signed the emancipation proclamation.
Who was there when Abe signed the emancipation proclamation?
President Abraham Lincoln was most likely the onley person in the Oval Office when he signed the Emancipation proclomation.
What was signed on January 1st 1863?
The Emancipation Proclomation, freeing slaves in the South
When was the emancipation proclomation?
1863
Who wrote and what is the Emancipation Proclomation?
The Emancipation Proclamation is a document written during the Civil War freeing slaves in the southern (Confederate) states. Abraham Lincoln signed the document.
Who objected to the emancipation proclomation?
why did the emancipation apply only to the confederacy
What document set the slaves free?
The Emancipation Proclomation
Who made he emancipation proclomation?
Abraham Lincoln
What year did the emancipation proclomation take place?
1863
Which document forbids slavery in us?
Emancipation Proclomation
What did the emancipation proclomation do.?
it free'd all the slaves in the south
What year did president Lincoln sigh the emancipation proclomation?
1984
Who issued the emancipation proclomation freeing to slaves?
Abraham Lincoln
