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.
he signed it at St.walters
Our 16th president Abraham Lincoln.
1863
President Abraham Lincoln was most likely the onley person in the Oval Office when he signed the Emancipation proclomation.
it free'd all the slaves in the south
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.
President Lincoln SIGNED and ISSUED the Emancipation Proclomation. I don't believe that history is clear on whether or not he actually SPOKE it.
Signed the emancipation proclamation.
President Abraham Lincoln was most likely the onley person in the Oval Office when he signed the Emancipation proclomation.
The Emancipation Proclomation, freeing slaves in the South
1863
The Emancipation Proclamation is a document written during the Civil War freeing slaves in the southern (Confederate) states. Abraham Lincoln signed the document.
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
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Abraham Lincoln