Basically abolishing slavery in the South, although the South was forming the Confederacy. It also intended to discourage Britain and France from helping the South, who they got cotton from, in the...
The prelim. proclamation was a threat to the Confederate states to end slavery in their territory if they did not stop fighting after 100 days. The final proclamation was given after the 100 days...
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued 1 January 1863. It was a Presidential Proclamation freeing slaves in those southern states then at war with the Union. It was more of a political move at the...