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Why do you think some of the slaves holding states decided not to join the confederacy?
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What where the borderline states in the US Civil War?
In the terms of the 1860's the "border states" were slave holding states that did not join the Confederacy but were allowed to retain their slaves. Geographically, Kentucky and Missouri were a buffer of sorts between the South and the North. Maryland surrounded the city of Washington DC making it necessary to prevent it from joining the Confederacy. Delaware's location and very small slave population were not important.
Did the emancipation proclamation apply to the entire US?
No. It only freed slaves in the rebellious states. Slaves in states that remained in the Union were not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, and slaves in states in the Confederacy were technically freed, but since the Union didn't control most of that territory, only a relatively few slaves were actually freed immediately. (Mostly, those that had been captured by Union troops and were being held as "enemy contraband".)
When did the Emancipation Proclamation go into effect and how many slaves did it free?
January 1, 1863. It only freed all slaves in the states that had seceded and formed the Confederacy. In all, it was about 3 million slaves.
What did the emancipation proclamation accomplish?
It freed slaves in states outside of the Union. It freed the slaves in the Confederacy. It freed slaves in the rebelling states. It frees slaves. It was issued by American President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, using war time powers to free the slaves of the ten states in rebellion against the United States government. The Proclamation immediately freed 50,000 slaves.
What was the consequence for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation hoped to set all the slaves free?
It didn’t set all slaves free. It only freed slaves in the states of the confederacy. One of the consequences was the slaves began to follow the union troops and many enlisted as soldiers.
What is the full name of the confederacy?
The Slave Holding States of the Confederacy.
What slaves did the emancipation free?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the rebelling states (the confederacy) and did not free the slaves in the five border states.
What do confederacy stand for?
States' Rights - including the right to own slaves.
Why did slave holding states decide to not join the Confederacy?
Kentucky was a slave holding state that did not join the confederacy. Lincoln is quoted as having said something to the effect that if he could not win Kentucky he could not win the war. Also, once Lincoln issued the immacipation proclimation, only slaves within states that had joined the confederacy were free, meaning that Kentucky could still legally continue to own slaves.
Why did our original 13 states chose confederacy?
Because they were agricultural, and they needed the slaves to make money. So to them, no money equals no slaves. As for the northern states, they didn't need and didn't like slaves.
Was it Kentucky Maryland Missouri or Tennessee which the north was unable to keep in the union when war erupted?
Three states, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were slave holding states but did not join the Confederacy. Each of these states have complex reasons for remaining in the Union and yet retained their slaves. Tennessee was a slave state and joined the Confederacy. The latter was late, joining the South in May of 1861.
What were the interests of slave holding states?
they didn't freed slaves
Why would Lincoln symbolically free slaves that were still being held by the confederacy and not all slaves in the nation?
Because he didn't want to upset powerful slave-owners in the four slave-states that had remained loyal, and drive those states into the arms of the Confederacy.
What condition did Abraham Lincoln abolish?
Slavery, but only within the Confederacy. The Emancipation Proclamation didn't affect slaves in Union states. (But there weren't many slaves in Union states.)
Why did Lincoln only free the slaves in the states of the confederacy instead of all slaves?
Because he was anxious not to upset powerful slave-owners in the border-states and drive them into the arms of the Confederacy.
What where the borderline states in the US Civil War?
In the terms of the 1860's the "border states" were slave holding states that did not join the Confederacy but were allowed to retain their slaves. Geographically, Kentucky and Missouri were a buffer of sorts between the South and the North. Maryland surrounded the city of Washington DC making it necessary to prevent it from joining the Confederacy. Delaware's location and very small slave population were not important.
What was the result of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Confederacy as a strategic war move; it did not free slaves in key border states, such as Maryland and Virginia, where some slaves worked for the Union army. freed most slaves inthe confederacy NOVANET
