to make a homeland for freed slaves in Africa
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, that stated the slaves in the states that were still fighting the Union were to be freed. The Southern plantation owners thought is was an open attack on their way of life.
Slaves were freed
The Republic of Liberia was founded for freed slaves.Etonville, Florida
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I think you may be a little confused. The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves that were in areas that were- AT THAT TIME- in rebellion against the Union. Not the slaves rebelling, but the states or parts of states where slaves lived,
Slaves in the rebelling states
The Obama document
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the rebelling states (the confederacy) and did not free the slaves in the five border states.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
It freed slaves in states outside of the Union. It freed the slaves in the Confederacy. It freed slaves in the rebelling states. It frees slaves. It was issued by American President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, using war time powers to free the slaves of the ten states in rebellion against the United States government. The Proclamation immediately freed 50,000 slaves.
It freed slaves in states outside of the Union. It freed the slaves in the Confederacy. It freed slaves in the rebelling states. It frees slaves. It was issued by American President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, using war time powers to free the slaves of the ten states in rebellion against the United States government. The Proclamation immediately freed 50,000 slaves.
Slaves were freed on December 18, 1865, after the civil war. The 13th amendment freed them.
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The Emancipation Proclamation freed those enslaved people who had not already freed themselves in Rebel-held states, but not border states where slavery was also legal.
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