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It turned the war into an official crusade against slavery, so free nations abroad couldn't support the Confederates without looking pro-slavery themselves.

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Who was for the emancipation proclamation?

Abraham Lincoln


Which President proclaimed that the slaves in the southern states were to be freed?

Lincoln. But they were freed by Union troops during their Southern campaigns, not by the Proclamation, which was mainly a tatcic to shame the British out of helping the cause of slavery.


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