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On September 22 1862 President Lincoln issued a presidential order to free slaves in a document called what?

The Emancipation Proclamation


Freedom for slaves?

Freedom for slaves became a reality when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. He signed the document in 1863.


Which statement is truePresident Lincoln wanted to free all slaves at the beginning of the war?

President Lincoln favored saving the Union over freeing the slaves.


What is the document issued by president Abraham Lincoln declared that all slaves in the territory would be freed on janurany 1st?

The Emancipation Proclamation


Which president free the slaves?

Abraham Lincoln.


Which President freed slaves?

Abraham Lincoln freed the slavery


What was president Lincoln's former slaves name?

He NEVER had slaves.


What major announcement was made by President Lincoln on the first of January in 1863?

Abraham Lincoln signed a document called the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, which supposedly freed all of the slaves in the Confederacy. However, since the Confederacy was not under Union control, this document had no legal effect on the condition of the Confederate slaves. It was actually a clever move that Lincoln used to give the Confederate slaves confidence to escape to the North. This weakened the Confederacy, which depended on slave labor for agriculture.


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.


Who was president when the slaves were freed?

Abraham Lincoln


Which President freed slaves in his will?

Abraham Lincoln


What was the name of the document that Lincoln to end the war and free the slaves?

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