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What states did the emancipation proclimation not apply to?
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware.
When did most northern states end slavery?
1862 was supposed to end it in the whole US with the emancipation proclimation but the south didnt listen
When was the Emacipation Proclimation?
a speech given by AAbraham Lincoln that stated that most slaves would be freed in confederate states except for the border states.
How did the border states view the emancipation proclamation?
The border states were not against slavery, so when the emancipation proclamation comes in, they might have decided to join the confederate states
What is the name of the document that gave slaves freedom?
The document that President Abraham Lincoln used to free the slaves was called the Emancipation Proclamation. It freed slaves in the rebelling Southern states only, not border states. They were freed later. As Lincoln had no authority to free slaves, this was a war measure. The results were that slaves in areas captured by Union forces were freed.
What speech freed slaves in southern states by Abraham Lincoln?
the speech was called the Emancipatiom Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation did free the slaves, but it was not a speech. It was an Executive Order.
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.
Slavery was not legal in the border states?
Slavery was legal in the border states. However, since they did not secede to join the Confederacy, they were not included in the Emancipation Proclamation.
Do you thibk that he emancipation of slaves should have extended to the border states?
No. All the border states were sharply divided between pro-Union and pro-Confederate sentiment. A demand for emancipation would have tipped the balance and sent those states straight into the arms of the Confederacy.
Why did Lincoln annouce the Emancipation proclamation 5 days after the battle ended?
He held a cabinet meeting to determine if Antietam provided enough of a victory to allow the publication of the Proclimation. Even at that, the Proclamation did not go into effect immediately, but was scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 1863, to give the rebelling states the opportunity to rejoin the Union before losing their slaves.
What did Abraham Lincoln do for your country when he was president?
Issued the Emancipation Proclimation, which freed the slaves. Then, when the southern states tried to secede and form the Confederate States of America, Abraham Lincoln said "Aww hell no". And won the Civil War, keeping the Union together.
What two things did the emancipation proclamation did not do?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in all of the rebel states, but it failed to set the slaves free in the 4 "border states." (Deleware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri)
