It turned the war into an official crusade against slavery, so free nations abroad couldn't support the Confederates without looking pro-slavery themselves.
Abraham Lincoln
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.
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation sometime in June of 1862. He read a draft of the Proclamation in July of 1862, to his cabinet members.
On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation proclamation.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
That document signed by Abraham Lincoln is the Emancipation Proclamation.