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Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order from President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 declaring all slaves in the confederate states free.
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Why did the emancipation proclamation free slaves only in confederate states?
Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederate States, because they were in rebellion against the Union. Causing most of the Civil war, Lincoln decided to make the Emancipation to abolish the rebillion and keep the Union stable.
Why did Lincoln only include certain slaves in the Emancipation Proclamation?
Because he was keen not to upset the people of Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware - slave states that had stayed loyal.
Did the emacupation proclamation get slave aressted?
No, it was the earlier Fugitive Slave Act that licensed official slave-catchers to hunt down runaways.
The Emancipation Proclamation was a curious wartime initiative that sounded like a human rights law, but was actually a tactical move to keep Britain from sending miltary aid to the Confederates. (It turned the war officially into a crusade against slavery, so that free nations abroad could not help the South without looking pro-slavery.)
How are the Battle of Antietam an the Emancipation Proclamation related?
The Union's victory at Antietam, was an important defeat, which President Lincoln needed, in order to issue the first portion of the Emancipation Proclamation, so that it would have an affect, and impact on the south. The battle of Antietam ended in the Union's victory on September 18, 1862, and the draft issue of the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on September 22, 1862.
What exactly does the Emancipation Proclamation do and NOT do?
The Proclamation could only 'proclaim' freedom for Southern slaves, not enforce it.
It did not apply to the Northern slave-states, so it wasn't abolitionist - as Lincoln wasn't.
Its immediate purpose was to keep the British out - they could not support the Confederates after this without looking pro-slavery.
There was also a longer-term objective - to give the North something more emotive to fight for than just the cotton revenues.
What was the message of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Negro slaves were emancipated, i.e., freed from the bonds of slavery by Pres. Lincoln.
What did slaves do after being released buy emancipation proclamation?
The Proclamation did not directly free the slaves, because it related to those states where Lincoln had no power or influence. (And it did not free Northern slaves).
However, wherever the Union armies went in the South, they were ordered to free the slaves, who then became refugees, that the Union had to do something about.
Initially they were accepted only for the most menial labour, and many of the troops were glad to be relieved of this heavy and monotonous work. It followed that some of them would presently be put into uniform, to make up numbers in depleted rifle companies, and then the next step would be all-black regiments.
After the war, these ex-slaves would be classified as veterans, no different from anyone else who had fought for the USA.
How did the emancipation proclamation advance democratic progress?
It didn't directly, as it merely 'proclaimed' things it couldn't enforce.
It was a tactical war measure, chiefly aimed at making it politically impossible for the British to help the Confederates, and also giving the demoralised North something more emotive to fight for than just the cotton revenues.
Indirectly, it did advance the democratic process by enabling the North to win, and thus abolish slavery for real.
Correct.
It did not directly free any slaves, except that Lincoln told the troops to rob the enemy of his chattels, which included slaves. The Proclamation did not, of course, carry any authority in the South, and meanwhile Lincoln did not want to upset the Northern slave-owners who had (narrowly) voted against joining the Confederacy.
The intended impact on the North was to restore morale by turning the war into more of a crusade, though this would not show immediate results.
The more urgent priority was to stop Britain from intervening on the side of the Confederates, which they had come close to doing, with France likely to follow suit.
But after the Proclamation, they could not intervene without looking pro-slavery.
which would not be acceptable to their own voting public.
Which of these is an element of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves living in the Confederate states during the Civil War were freed.
Why was the Battle of Antietam important to the Emancipation proclamation?
The Battle of Antietam was very important to the Emancipation Proclamation because it was the final battle of the Civil War. The treaty was signed at Antietam Courthouse and the Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves free, which was the whole point in the Civil War.
Why did it take 90 years between Emancipation proclamation and the desegregation of schools?
Because, after their readmission to the Union, almost none of the former rebel states were ruled by government whose men found the way to keep white supremacy and "de facto" deny black rights without formally violating the dictate imposed by Congress.
"Contraband" was a term commonly used in the United States military during the Civil War. The Unions used this term to describe a new status for certain escaped slaves or those who affiliated with Union forces. The Army (and the United States Congress) determined that the United States would not return escaped slaves who went to Union lines and classifies them as "contraband". They used many as laborers to support Union efforts and soon began to pay them wages.
Who won the Emancipation Proclamation?
Yes it did. Freedmen were able to join the Union Army and make it much stronger; which definitely helped the North win the war.
In July, 1862, the war was going badly for the North, so Congress passed a law freeing all Confederate slaves who came into the North's lines. This helped the North by allowing the former slaves to join the Union Army and help the North win the Civil War. Around that time, Lincoln decided to try to free the South's slaves because the North was losing the Civil War, but he waited until the Union had a military victory. The reason Lincoln did this was because Secretary of State William H. Seward feared that with recent Northern military defeats the proclamation might be looked on as a "last shriek on the retreat." People might think it was a last minute desperate measure because the Union was losing. Because of this, Lincoln put the proclamation aside to await a victory. On September 17, 1862 the wait was over. In the Battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg, Union General George B. McClellan stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's attack on the North. Even though Antietam wasn't prearranged, it was good enough for Lincoln's purpose.
The Abolitionists were right that the Emancipation Proclamation would help the Union win the war. It helped the Union by reinforcing the North's war effort and weakening the South's. The South was hurt by the Emancipation Proclamation because it discouraged France and Britain from entering the war. Those two countries depended on the Confederacy, or South, to supply them with cotton, so the South hoped that they would fight on their side. Most French and British citizens were against slavery, though, so when the proclamation made the war a fight against slavery, France and Britain gave their support to the Union.
The idea that Great Britain and France gave their support to the Union is not true. The British, in particular, saw the Confederacy as a defacto state. It had a government, an army and a constitution.
France, during the war years was taking over Mexico. The British were constructing warships for the South and selling them weapons. In fact, after the war, the US successfully in an international court sued Great Britain for war reparations because of the military support it gave to the South.
Both European powers transacted their international business on the basis of self interest. Most British citizens did not even have the right to vote, let alone influence British foreign policy. France also loaned funds to the South.
Brilliant political move by Abraham Lincoln, however it was a war measure. London newspapers made a point in covering the Emancipation as only applying to loyal Northern states including slave states.
- Declaration of Independence (1776)
- US Constitution (1787)
- Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Was the emancipation proclamation was a wise political decision?
Yes, it was to do with the politics of war, not human rights.
Britain had come close to sending aid to the Confederates, and Lincoln was urgently trying to prevent this. By issuing the Proclamation, and presenting the war to the outside world as a crusade against the evils of slavery (which it hadn't been), he was able to shame the British into staying out.
What was the first Emancipation?
To become independant. ( a fully functioning member of the community apart from being under your parent or guardians rule)...shelley Griffin
Did the proclamation apply to all of the states?
The Emancipation Proclamation applied only to the States that were at war with the union; it did not apply to the four "slave States" that did not secede. In other words, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free any slaves at the time it was published.
What freed slaves up north before the emancapation proclamation?
Nothing freed the slaves up north. If you were an African American born in the north you were free since the north did not condone slavery. However, if you were an escaped slave coming to the north the southern slave owners had the law behind them to go north and capture the escaped slaves. However some people in the north hid slaves and thus they were never captured
Joh9356 --- This is not entirely true. "condoning or not condoning slavery" did not constitute a "law". There were no laws in the Constitution or Bill of Rights banning slavery at the federal level until the ratification of XIII amendment to the U.S. Constitution in Dec of 1865 banning slavery. That is what ultimately freed the slaves. So, prior to the "Emancipation Proclamation"(which was illegal by the way), slavery was still legal in the Northern states.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation influence the Civil Rights Movement?
It didn't influence it. There was over a 100 years difference between the two events.
Why is a civil war so sad and difficult?
Because, being within one country, it inevitably divides communities and even families. There was an incident in the Civil War in which, during a battle, a Union soldier was captured. As he was being led past the Confederate lines he recognised his own brother in the other army. He called out, "Bill! Don't shoot into those bushes, that's Father!" (I may have the name wrong). Michael Montagne Not just in family, but many soldiers that had fought with each other now found themselves looking down the barrel at each other. Jared
One of them is Marryland.
At what stage in the Civil War did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. (Redirected from Emancipation proclamation)
Before he issued the Proclamation, President Lincoln wanted a Union victory on the battlefield. The Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was a close battle and the Union claimed victory. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, which took effect on January 1, 1863.
In my educator's voice, the answer is geography. Look at the transportation and communication network during that time. Horseback
was the main means of transportation and Galveston is an island in the Gulf of Mexico.
What was the emancipation proclamation intended to do?
The emancipation proclamation was used by Lincoln as an instrument of war. He raised his military to invade the South to put down what he called a rebellion, which in reality was a lawful War of Independence.
The war was not about slavery, Lincoln did not care about slaves, by his own admission in his writings. He wrote this illegal document, not Congress.
this is the Emancipation proclamation. it's very long!
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit:
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty- three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
"That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States."
Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit:
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth[)], and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh.
By the President:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
