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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.

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What did the Emancipation Proclomation state?

This was an order given by President Lincoln to free all slaves from the slavery states in the south.


Who wrote and what is the Emancipation Proclomation?

The Emancipation Proclamation is a document written during the Civil War freeing slaves in the southern (Confederate) states. Abraham Lincoln signed the document.


What is the name of the document President Lincoln signed that freed slaves in confederate states?

Slaves were freed on December 18, 1865, after the civil war. The 13th amendment freed them.


What day was the emancipation proclomation?

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.


What did Abraham Lincoln sign that freed the slaves form the confederate states of America?

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.


What document gave freedom to all slaves?

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be legally free. This marked a significant step towards abolishing slavery in the United States.


What slaves were not freed by the emancipation proclomation?

It was Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware that were allowed to continue practising slavery, as they were the slave-states that had remained loyal to the Union. But in fact the Proclamation did not directly free any slaves, because the Confederacy was outside Lincoln's control.


What slaves did the emancipation free?

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the rebelling states (the confederacy) and did not free the slaves in the five border states.


Slaves in states that were controlled by the South were freed by the?

The Emancipation Proclamation is credited with freeing the slaves in the United States.


Where did the emancipation proclomation happen?

It applied to the Southern states (over which Lincoln had no authority) and not to the Northern slave states of Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland.


When did slaves become free?

the slaves were not freed from the emancipation proclomation. the emancipation proclomation had no effect because President Lincoln has no authroity over what happens in the confederate staes and the border states. they didn't become free until some time after the civil war ended.


Why did the confederates follow the emancipation proclomation when they were their own country?

The Confederate States of America did not recognize the Emancipation Proclamation as it was proclaimed by a government that was hostile to its existence. The Proclamation exempted slaves in loyal Union states and in those areas of the South under Union control. Thus, the Proclamation only sought to prevent foreign recognition of the CSA.