Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order from President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 declaring all slaves in the confederate states free.
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Jolene24It meant they would not have to face the British and French armies on the side of the Confederates.Whether they also felt a new...
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He wanted to take control of the rebellion and after the battle of Antitem, where the north won, he thought it was a good move to...
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Yes, a very urgent one. Lee's stunning series of wins in Summer '62 had brought the British close to granting recognition to the...
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The Emancipation Proclamation is often viewed as a Moral Repudiation of the institution of slavery. While in reality, it did not...
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The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the...
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FREED SOUTHERN SLAVES Abraham Lincoln issued the proclamation (first announcing it on Sept. 22, 1862, and putting it into effect...
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IT GAVE SLAVES FREEDOM SO THEY COULD FIGHT IN THE WAR AND THEY COULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE It changed the stated purpose of...
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The Emancipaion Proclimation was a speech given by Lincoln to inform tr publi that the Civil War and slavery would end soon. It...
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A preliminary one was issued in September of 1862 that said the final one would go into effect on January 1, 1863 if the...
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Lord Dunmore’s ‘a proclamation’. He was the Royal governor of Virginia in 1775 and needed help in fighting the ‘rebels’ for fear...
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they felt that it was a major violation of there rights, and and intrusion on here way of life. therefore they needed to fight,to...
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President Lincoln is famously quoted as writing: "If I could free all the slaves and preserve the Union I would do that. ...
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It didn't really.Lincoln was hoping it would revive Northern morale by turning the war into an emotive crusade against slavery....
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">AnswerThe Emancipation Proclimation affected the North and the South in more than one way. The South had to let all of their...
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The North, or Union, won and thus prevented the South, or Confederacy, from establishing itself as an independent republic.
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It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also...
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The immediate effect was that Britain and France had to give up their plans to aid the Confederates, because it would make them...
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Because it allowed slavery to continue in the four states of the Upper South that had voted to remain loyal. The Proclamation...
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They were both concerned with the freeing of slaves.The first was not a law. It appeared to be a human rights appeal, but was in...
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The restoration of the Union. becuse he wont to save the uoinon I think that President Lincoln was concerned with...
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1. the legal age is 18, so there is no need to get emancipated after you are able to leave with your parents permission.It would...
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Not so much angry. Just not convinced by the appeal of fighting a crusade against slavery.It still didn't see to justify the...
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Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. That was the first part. The second part which...
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After the war there was concern that the proclamation, as a war measure, had not made the elimination of slavery permanent....
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AnswerThe Emancipation Proclamation was NOT worthless because it outlawed slavery,which really helped because if this did not...
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Immancipation proclamation freed million slaves.
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The Emancipation Proclamation did not at first declare all slaves free, though President Lincoln did encourage the southern...
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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued to end slavery. It was issued by Abraham Lincoln, which eventually led to the end of...
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The Emancipation Proclamation was an order issued by Lincoln in 1863, freeing all slaves behind confederate lines. The...
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Freedom for slavesIt was an attempt to free the slaves in the Southern states because the North found slavery unconstitutional....
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The Emancipation Proclamation, issued during the American Civil War, declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the...
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To stop foreign support from aiding the Southern war effort and make the war about slavery.
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sectionalism was a big contributor because the north south and west were so different economically. therefore there was a...
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Emancipation Proclamation President Lincoln always insisted that his aim was not the destruction of slavery, but the...
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Answerit was issued on September 22 of 1862, but wasn't affected until January 1 of 1863
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The entire text can be seen at the related link below. It was a set of two executive orders, issued by President Lincoln, which...
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No slaves were immediatly freed because the confederate states that it applied to were still in rebellion on January 1, 1863
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The Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland ended Lee's first attempt to enter the North. It was fought on 17 September 1862...
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Beginning and Ending Dates of the United States Civil WarOn the 12th of April, 1861, the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter in...
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The Final Draft was signed January 1, 1863 The first part was signed in September 22, 1862 which freed the slaves. The second...
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It helped the slaves be free. Most of them had freedom. Not in all states, though, but for those that were, they left and went to...
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Lincoln had to wait for a Union victory. Antietam Was the victory he needed. The Emancipation Proclamation changed the course...
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The Emancipation Proclamation states that all black slaves within the area should be set free. This proclamation shows us that...
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It stopped Britain and France from helping the Confederates, because it would have made them look pro-slavery.It licensed Union...
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It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also...
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President Abraham Lincoln issued two executive orders, which make up The Emancipation Proclamation.The first one order was issued...
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The Emancipation Proclamation freed only slaves in those states or areas that were "currently in rebellion" against the United...
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The Conflict is that the Border States were not included. The compromise was that when the North finished the Civil War it would...
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Abraham Lincoln's personal thoughts and views regarding slavery during the time between the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the end...
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Harriot Tubman helped free slaves with the Underground Railroad. President Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
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okay i dont know you help me i am not smart enough
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All the States except Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware, the 13th amendment then abolished in in those states.
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The Emancipation Proclamation. an Address Delivered In Boston In September, 1862 The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 11
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The Confederacy
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I've been doing research on this topic and I know he definitely changed it numerous times.
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They went all the way up north to Canada. Also crossing Union lines and making a living for themselves within the Union. People...
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Through this speech, Lincoln declared that he no longer accepted slavery in any location at any time.
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The startling success of Robert E. Lee with his string of victories across Virginia in summer '62. This gave the Confederacy so...
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Not ReallyIt only applied to slaves in those areas in secession and controled by the Confederacy. In those areas, the authority...
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The abolitinists were angry about the exclusions and everyone knew that emancipation meant nothing until the Confederacy was...
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It mandated the return of runaway slaves and required everyone to assist in that effort. It created open hostility between the...
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The 13th Amendment
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There were two main reasons for the emancipation proclamation. First, England and France had been considering recognizing the...
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Principally, and most urgently, to make it impossible for Britain to support the Confederacy without looking pro-slavery. (This...
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Britain and France were close to granting recognition to the Confederacy, and Lincoln had to turn the war into an official...
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To keep the British from aiding the Confederates.By turning the war into an official crusade against slavery, Lincoln made it...
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It didn't affect the US as much as people say it did. What people don't realize is that slavery was already on it's way out...
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The battle of Antietam
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Because most Northerners were not passionately anti-slavery.They were also afraid of the Blacks coming over Union lines and...
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It kept Britain from supporting the Confederates.
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He had wanted to issue it earlier, but could not do so after a string of defeats, or it would look like a desperate measure. The...
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The Thirteenth (13) Amendment
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Sharpsburg.
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It made the confederates think that if they won the war, they could keep slavery no matter what Abraham Lincoln said in the...
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No, the civil war was caused by differences in political opinions between the north and the south, like slavery, tarriffs, and...
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Not as enthusiastically as Lincoln had hoped. This confirms that most Northerners were not Abolitionists by any means.
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To make the North feel they were fighting a crusade against slavery. (It didn't.)To keep Britain from supporting the...
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The emancipation banned CONFEDERATE slaves, and the 13th banned ALL slavery and indentured servitude.
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the abolition of slavery caused the emancipation proclamation.
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it gave freedom to all slaves in the South and paved the way for the 13th amendment in 1865, which abolished slavery everywhere...
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To issue the Proclamation when the war was going badly for the Union would look like an act of desperation
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Britain and France having to give up their plans to help the Confederates - it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.
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A result of the Emancipation Proclamation was that it freed slaves from only the Confederacy.
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Abolitionist
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The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Confederate States. Although it could not be enforced when it was announced in...
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The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 announced that it was the policy of the US government that slavery was to be abolished....
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President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the U.S., issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.The Civil War...
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Slaves living in the states that had seceded from the union.
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The Emancipation Proclamation had no real impact upon slavery at all at the time the it was first issued. The North could not...
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The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the...
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