(A) It was written to slaves in the rebelling states.
(B) It was written to the leaders of the rebelling states.
(C) ** It was written to the people of the nation and the world.
(D) It was written to Lincoln’s staff and not meant to be seen by others.
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Answer and Explanation: The entire nation was the audience of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was not a speech given to a select group of listeners; rather, it was a presidential proclamation given using Lincoln’s war powers as Commander in Chief.
Concept note-2: -It applied only to states that had seceded from the United States, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy (the Southern secessionist states) that had already come under Northern control.
Concept note-3: -The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten Confederate states still in rebellion. It also decreed that freed slaves could be enlisted in the Union Army, thereby increasing the Union’s available manpower.
Concept note-4: -The audience the emancipation was towards. The document was written to the people of the nation as well as the world. How many slaves were immediately freed? It shifted the focus of the war from preserving the Union to abolishing slavery.
Concept note-5: -United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., U.S.