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That was when the Emancipation Proclamation became effective.

He had wanted to issue it in the summer of 1862, when the Confederates were in the ascendant, but his cabinet said it would look like a desperate measure.

So he waited till there was a Union victory, which came (unexpectedly) in September.

But even then, he decided to give the Southern states a few weeks to quit the Confederacy and re-join the Union.

None of them did. And so the Emancipation became effective in January 1863.

Its main effect (and most urgent) was to keep the British from aiding the Confederates, as it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.

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What year did Abraham Lincoln sign the Gettysburg address?

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Did Abraham Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation?

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