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What states did the emancipation of proclamation free the slaves?
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∙ 13y ago
That proclamation had little effect, other than symbolic, because the states that accepted the proclamation were the Union States, which were free states, anyhow. The Confederate States did not accept the jurisdiction of the Union government.
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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.
Why was emancipation proclamation was written?
To free the slaves in the states in rebellion.
What year were slaves set free?
In the United States, slaves were freed in 1863. This occurred when President Abraham Lincoln issued what is known as the Emancipation Proclamation.
What was the emancipation proclimation?
It was when President Lincon signed a paper saying that all slaves where now free.
What year did slaves get set free?
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. That was when slaves were officially free in the United States. It did not actually happen until after the Civil War ended in 1865.
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.
Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?
The Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?
Why was emancipation proclamation was written?
To free the slaves in the states in rebellion.
What did lincolns emancipation proclamation declare?
All slaves in the confederate states were free.
What stated that slaves in the confederate states were set to be free?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
The emancipation proclamation established that?
Slaves in states rebelling against the United States were free
What document set the slaves free?
The Emancipation Proclomation
What best describes the purpose of the emancipation proclamation?
To free the slaves in the states that were in rebellion.
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 two things did the emancipation proclamation did not do?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in all of the rebel states, but it failed to set the slaves free in the 4 "border states." (Deleware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri)
Did the Emancipation proclamation declared that all enslaved people were free?
No. The Emancipation Proclamation, written by Abraham Lincoln, declared all slaves in the CONFEDERATE states free. This did no good because the confederate states were not in Lincoln's control at the time. This document said nothing about the UNION slaves, though. A couple of the states fighting on Lincoln's side still had slaves, and the emancipation proclamation did not set them free.
What was emancipation proclamation intended to do?
The emancipation proclamation was intended to free all slaves in the South.
