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The Emancipation Proclamation was never a law. It was an executive action used as a war measure in the US Civil War.
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What did Lincoln sign into law on January 1st 1863?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What did president Lincoln sign into law on January 1 1863?
the Emancipation Proclamation
Why was the Thirteenth Amendment necessary if President Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation was not a law but an executive order by the president. It needed the 13th amendment to the US Constitution to give it the weight and force of law.
What was the law that allowed white and African Americans to attend the same schools?
Emancipation Proclamation
When did they pass the law that slavery wasn't allowed?
The Emancipation Proclamation was passed on September 22 1862.
What federal law was passed during the civil war?
immaculate proclamation
Who specifically would be 'thenceforward forever free?
Assuming this is about the Emancipation Proclamation: Technically, no one. When Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation, it "freed" the slaves of the Confederacy, composed of rebellious states that had seceded from the Union. However, because they were no longer part of the Union and under Lincoln's leadership, the Proclamation technically had no effect on them at all. He also excluded the border slave states that were still part of the Union from the Proclamation because, if they were to secede in retaliation, the Union would be destroyed. Lincoln knew all of this, and so he made the Emancipation Proclamation as more of a symbolic move than an actual law.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation nullify?
It didn't. It wasn't a law, only a proclamation. It defied the Supreme Court's finding in the Dred Scott case that slavery was legal according to the Conctitution.
Why did Frederick Douglass go to England before emancipation proclamation?
As an escaped slave, he was still subject to the Fugitive Slave Law.
Why was a national law against slavery needed even though the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued?
The Emancipation Proclamation only applied in places that were-AT THAT TIME- in rebellion against the Union. Some Northern states permitted slavery. The last slaves to be freed by law were in Kentucky and Delaware on December 6, 1865- 7 months after the Civil War ended. That was the date that the state of Georgia ratified the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Why was it necessary to pass the thirteenth amendment after the emancipation proclamation had been an issue?
The Proclamation did not free the slaves in Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware. Also, it was only a Proclamation, not an amendment.
How was emancipation proclamation a compromise with the south?
It wasn't a compromise, It was a law stating that all slaves in designated states and parts of staes were free.
