What is the 'Emancipation Proclamation' and does it have anything to do with Hip Hop?

Question

I have just been watching the South Park movie and was wondering what this was.

By the way, I am from England and I am not familiar with US history.

Answer 1

The 'Emancipation Proclamation' is the document that freed all the slaves. I don't suppose it has any direct link to hip hop, (although hip hop and rap are two genres typically associated with African Americans, and the vast majority of slaves in the us at the time of the civil war were of African origin...) however I suggest that you take an American history class, because obviously you are very lacking in this area.

Oop, sorry then about the american history thing...
I can understand that you wouldn't know about that now. I hope I helped!

Answer 2

The Emancipation Proclamation declared all slaves to be freed, it was written and all that in 1863, but the slaves in Texas had no clue they were free because their masters didn't want to stop pimpin' them for free work and barbecue, so people will say that slavery ended in 1865, but the Emancipation Proclamation says that slavery was ended in 1863.
Rappers talk about the Emancipation Proclamation because most rappers are Black and because slaves were Black and the Emancipation Proclamation was about Black slaves to be freed so some rappers do mention it, but I really think it's only because "'mation", and "'pation" rhyme and that's the foundation of hip-hop, you must rhyme, in some rappers cases, however you can. Which is one reason why all you hear on radio or TV is dumb songs about going to the club and selling drugs.

Answer 3

The Emancipation Proclamation officially outlawed slavery in the United States of America.

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on September 22, 1862, and it officially went into effect January 1, 1863, during the second year of the American Civil War. It was Abraham Lincoln's declaration that all slaves in the states which had seceded from the Union, and which were not at the time under Federal control, were now emancipated; that is to say, were considered free.

This action had almost no immediate effect, since it was impossible for the Federal government to implement it in those regions where it actually applied -- namely the states in rebellion that were not under Federal control.

Slaves in the states which remained loyal to the Union were not affected, and remained in slavery until the ratification of the thirteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1865. Thus the impact of the proclamation was more symbolic than real. William Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State, commented on this by remarking, "We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them and holding them in bondage where we can set them free."

But, Lincoln believed he had no constitutional authority to free the slaves except in those states where it was deemed a military necessity in order to suppress the rebellion, and freeing slaves was still a risky political act given that there were still slave states loyal to the union, and the initial war aims were centered on preserving the union rather than freeing slaves. As such, the Emancipation Proclamation was a military order issued by Lincoln in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief.

The Emancipation Proclamation also allowed for the admittance of freed slaves into the (then-segregated) United States military, an unusual opportunity taken by nearly 200,000 black men, many of them former slaves.

Lincoln first discussed the Emancipation Proclamation with his cabinet in July, 1862, but because of the political implications of this act (including the presence of slave states within the Union), he felt that he needed a Union victory in the Civil War before he could issue it. After the battle of Antietam, in which Union troops turned back a Confederate invasion of Maryland, he issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. The final Emancipation Proclamation was then issued in January of the following year.

Despite the lack of any immediate impact on the slaves, the proclamation represented a shift in the attitudes of the North towards its war objectives, where merely reuniting the nation would no longer become the sole outcome. It represented the first step toward the ultimate abolition of slavery in the United States.

In the military, the reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation varied widely with some units coming to near mutiny in protest and desertions were reported because of it. On the other hand, other units were inspired with the adoption of a cause that seemed to them to ennoble their efforts such that at least one unit took up the motto, "For Union and Liberty".

Overseas, as Lincoln hoped, the Emancipation Proclamation turned foreign popular opinion in favour of the Northern States for its new commitment to end slavery. That shift ended any hope of the Confederate States of gaining official recognition by foreign countries, particularly with the United Kingdom.

by the way i'm from the uk aswell

Answer 4

Ummm..... is this a serious question? The Emancipation Proclamation was written almost 150 years ago! Way before hip hop was conceived.

Answer 5

Well, technically yes. The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves. And without free slaves, the ancestors of the creators of hip hop...we not have that genre of music...

Answer 6

If ya wanna get techincal about it, the EP freed all the slaves in the USA, it was delievered in July of 1863, the Confederates were a soverign state at the time, wasn't until 1865 when they were forced back in the union and the consitutional admenment was added...

*thought I'd chime that in,
Don

Answer 7

The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

(quote from site)

no it does not have anything to do with hip hop

Answer 8

It freed the slaves and they hip hopped off the plantations.

Answer 9

You are a sad, silly man. Perhaps slavery should be reinstated just for such as you. Plug your headphones back in and forget the many freedoms given to you merely by being born here.

Answer 10

open an american history book.

try the chapter called "The American Civil War".

you do know when that was and what all that was about, right?

ps) south park ^_^