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It was when President Lincon signed a paper saying that all slaves where now free.

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What states did the emancipation proclimation not apply to?

Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware.


When did most northern states end slavery?

1862 was supposed to end it in the whole US with the emancipation proclimation but the south didnt listen


What was the purpose of the Proclimation of 1763?

to end the fighting of the native Americans &settlers.


What document was signed by President Lincoln in 1862?

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Despite this expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free a single slave, it fundamentally transformed the character of the war. After January 1, 1863, every advance of federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators. By the end of the war, almost 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and freedom.


When was the emancipation of proclamation written?

The Emancipation Proclamation was written on September twenty-second of 1862