AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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Slaves in the Noth
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Slaves in the East
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Slaves in South
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Slaves in the West
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Detailed explanation-1: -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."
Detailed explanation-2: -In principle, Lincoln approved of emancipation as a war measure, but he postponed executive action against slavery until he believed he had both the legal authority to do so and broader support from the American public.
Detailed explanation-3: -The South was furious over the proclamation. Southern newspapers attacked Lincoln. They accused him of trying to create a slave rebellion in states he could not occupy with troops. They also said the proclamation was an invitation for Negroes to murder whites.