The document meant to free the slaves in the South was the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It declared that all enslaved people in Confederate states were to be set free, although it did not apply to slave-holding border states loyal to the Union. The proclamation was a pivotal step towards the abolition of slavery in the United States and changed the character of the Civil War by making the fight against slavery a central goal of the Union war effort.
it was important because it would decide which states would belong to the "north" and the "south", which was important in deciding the fate of slaves. the north wanted slave free, while the south wanted slaves
John Brown was trying to get slaves to revolt and kill all the free men and women. That made him pretty well disliked.
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He advocated burning the constitution because it allowed slavery. He wanted to free all slaves with no compensation to their owners which called for a war on the South.
The primary document the president wrote to free the slaves was the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. This executive order declared the freedom of all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory during the Civil War. While it did not immediately free all enslaved individuals, it was a significant step towards the abolition of slavery and laid the groundwork for the eventual passage of the 13th Amendment.
It meant that the slaves would be free and the southern people must have been broken-hearted knowing that all of their free labor would be lost.
The North won the civil war, which meant that the South had to rejoin the union and free their slaves.
it mean that they free from slaves
free the slaves in the South
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slaves in the south.
The Emancipation Proclamation
it was the document that declared all slaves free
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South Carolina had a higher population of slaves than free whites in 1730.