AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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It was written to slaves in the rebelling states.
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It was written to the leaders of the rebelling states.
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It was written to the people of the nation and the world.
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It was written to Lincoln’s staff and not meant to be seen by others.
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-5: -United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., U.S.