2007-01-20 09:14:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It was a document that freed the slaves in the conferate south. It was controversial because the plantation owners had to rely on the notion of asking for someone to work his land rather than force the issue.
2007-01-20 09:20:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's a recent Time magazine article mentioning the disagreement between Lincoln and Fredrick Douglas about the proclamation. I don't remember what it said but the answer is in there.
2007-01-20 09:20:04 · answer #2 · answered by Miss Havisham 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It tried to turn the war into something it wasn't.
The Civil War, despite what hollywood may seem to tell you, was not about slavery. It was about state rights.
2007-01-20 09:18:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the plantation owners knew that their way of life could not go on if they had to hire laborers, and pay them for their work.
2007-01-20 09:18:50 · answer #4 · answered by nermil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because lincoln proclaimed it to win the war
2007-01-20 09:26:11 · answer #5 · answered by ceesteris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
black people!
2007-01-20 09:16:38 · answer #6 · answered by mattd5690 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋