All slaves in the confederate states were free.
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved individuals in Confederate states were to be set free.
The border states were not against slavery, so when the emancipation proclamation comes in, they might have decided to join the confederate states
The very first emancipation proclamation said that all slaves in the Confederate States of America are free, which had no effect on slaves from Virginia because it was part of the Confederacy.
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation which said that slaves in the Confederate States of America were free.
Emancipation proclamation
That proclamation had little effect, other than symbolic, because the states that accepted the proclamation were the Union States, which were free states, anyhow. The Confederate States did not accept the jurisdiction of the Union government.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
The Emancipation Proclamation
All slaves in the confederate states were free.
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 to prevent foreign recognition of the Confederate States of America. As Lincoln had no power to free slaves in the Confederate States, the document did not free any slaves and exempted slaves in loyal Union states and in those areas of the South occupied by Federal troops.
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved individuals in Confederate states were to be set free.
The border states were not against slavery, so when the emancipation proclamation comes in, they might have decided to join the confederate states
The very first emancipation proclamation said that all slaves in the Confederate States of America are free, which had no effect on slaves from Virginia because it was part of the Confederacy.
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation which said that slaves in the Confederate States of America were free.
The Emancipation Proclamation was applied everywhere Union Army had seized Confederate territory and border states.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to abolish slavery in Confederate states and weaken the Southern economy during the Civil War.