2006-11-21 10:37:48 · 13 answers · asked by weeping_willow_26 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Emancipation Proclamation, and it didn't free any slaves until the Union won the war. It declared all of the slaves in the South free, but he had no power there at the time.
2006-11-21 10:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think by now that it is unanimous that the document was called the Emancipation Proclaimation. Also correct was the 'catch' that it freed no one until the Federal Government put down the Southern Rebellion. What is probably most controversial about this was that Lincoln did not announce it until the Northern Army had won a decisive victory(albeit a costly one) at Antietam. Supporters of Lincoln said that he had finally realized what the main war aim should be, opponents claimed that he was out to destroy their economy and their very way of life. Lincoln himself said that his aim was always to reunite the country. He said "If I could do that by freeing the slaves, I would do it. If I could do it by freeing none, I would do that. If I could do it by freeing some and leaving others in bondage, I would do that also." I think that Lincoln never really felt that the war was about slavery at all. His duty, as he saw it, was to preserve the Union and he would do whatever he had to do to accomplish that.
2006-11-21 11:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by bluegreydude4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Emancipation Proclamation
2006-11-21 10:42:08 · answer #3 · answered by norrispatriciaw 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emancipation Proclamation
2006-11-21 10:47:14 · answer #4 · answered by rooster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emancipation Proclamation
2006-11-21 10:40:59 · answer #5 · answered by Mons 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Emancipation Proclamation, signed in the 19th century, Freed all slaves in states below the Mason-Dixon Line.
2006-11-21 11:15:57 · answer #6 · answered by CAI909 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE OLD Emancipation Proclamation
2006-11-21 11:08:52 · answer #7 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Emancipation Proclamation.
More specifically, in reference to who were supposed to be freed as a result of Lincoln's proclamation:
All slaves in those states that were at war against the federal government (did not necessarily specify ALL southern states).
Further, if did not proclaim freedom for slaves in captivity in any of the northern states. This point is rarely ever emphasized. Again: it only directed that slaves must be emancipated in those states that were at war against the federal government.
And yes, none were ever freed until the cessation of hostilities at the end of the civil war (otherwise known as the "war of northern aggression" by southern citizens.
2006-11-21 14:22:26 · answer #8 · answered by caesar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emancipation Proclomation
2006-11-21 10:40:15 · answer #9 · answered by Ameera C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was the Emancipation Proclomation.
2006-11-21 10:41:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋