The Emancipation Proclamation had no immediate affect on the confederacy because it applied only in those territories then in rebellion against the United States government. The Us government had no means of enforcing it in those places.
In the long run it did affect the South because it cast the Civil War very clearly as a war against slavery, and thus reduced the ability of the South to get aid from England or France.
The Emancipation Proclamation is credited with freeing the slaves in the United States.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, specifically in Washington D.C.
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved individuals in Confederate states were to be set free.
It stops slavery throughout the United States
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation became the basis for the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. It was adopted on December 6, 1865.
The Emancipation Proclamation is credited with freeing the slaves in the United States.
Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States and the author of the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, specifically in Washington D.C.
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved individuals in Confederate states were to be set free.
Slaves in states rebelling against the United States were free
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was a document which symbolically freed slaves in the United States.
It stops slavery throughout the United States
The emancipation proclamation freed slaves in all states except for the borderline slave states that remained in the union. The proclamation had led the way to abolish slavery in the United States.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation was directed to the areas of the United States in rebellion, and freed the slaves in those areas.
states in rebellion against the United States. all rebelling states
The United States Civil War (1861-64)
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation became the basis for the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. It was adopted on December 6, 1865.