The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freed many slaves in Confederate states during the American Civil War. This executive order declared all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be legally free. The Proclamation did not immediately free all slaves in the country, but it was a significant step towards the abolition of slavery in the United States.
Freed slaves were heavily discriminated against and were denied many rights.
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Some freed slaves were able to move on and find work and make a decent living for themselves and their families. Some freed slaves stayed on the plantations where they had worked before or moved to other plantations nearby. Many freed slaves did not know how to be free, so they caused problems by stealing and fighting.
Some freed slaves were able to move on and find work and make a decent living for themselves and their families. Some freed slaves stayed on the plantations where they had worked before or moved to other plantations nearby. Many freed slaves did not know how to be free, so they caused problems by stealing and fighting.
Harriet Tubman, freed many slaves in the 1800s.
There are no freed slaves remaining on the farm where they had worked as slaves. After emancipation, freed slaves were free to leave the farms where they were enslaved.
Freed slaves were heavily discriminated against and were denied many rights.
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