When did Lincoln announce the Emancipation Proclomation?

Answer 1

Lincoln was reluctant to issue an Emancipation Proclamation but you would have thought from what one is taught in class these days this was his primary concern. He issued the proclamation to save the Union making impossible for foreign Governments to intervene on behalf of the Confederacy. Even though the English supported (indirectly) slavery, they like other countries were officially against the practice. By his actions, Lincoln was showing the US was against slavery but not the Confederacy. If like the leaders of these countries at the time, you took the time to read and study the act you would see it does nothing and in fact, Lincoln thought that the Afro American was not the equal of whites and his plan was to resettle the slaves in either the Amazon or Western Texas.

Most people are not aware that there was a series of action and even proclamations for instance Lincolns correspondence of October 14, 1862 to the military and civilian authorities of occupied Louisiana.

“Major General Butler, Governor Shepley, & and [sic] all having military and naval authority under the United States within the S[t]ate of Louisiana. The bearer of this, Hon. John E. Bouligny, a citizen of Louisiana, goes to the State seeking to have such of the people thereof as desire to avoid the unsatisfactory prospect before them, and to have peace again upon the old terms under the constitution of the United States, to manifest such desire by elections of members to the Congress of the United States particularly, and perhaps a legislature, State officers, and United States Senators friendly to their object. I shall be glad for you and each of you, to aid him and all others acting for this object, as much as possible. In all available ways, give the people a chance to express their wishes at these elections. Follow forms of law as far as convenient, but at all events get the expression of the largest number of the people possible. All see how such action will connect with, and affect the proclamation of September 22nd. Of course, the men elected should be gentlemen of character willing to swear support to the Constitution, as of old, and known to be above reasonable suspicion of duplicity. (CW 5:462-3, italics added).

NOTE: The italic show that Lincoln rather then issue an Emancipation Proclamation or free the slaves was still willing to allow the Southern States back into the Union. One will find this all the way up to the 1865 visit to Camp Lookout.

At the same time Lincoln was issuing the Emancipation Proclamation he was petitioning his cabinet to negotiate and appropriate funds to force the Blacks else where.

You asked when he announced it, here it is along with the preliminary proclamation and the actual signing.

In July 1862, Lincoln read a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet. Secretary of State William Seward suggested that Lincoln wait to issue it until after the Union victory, so that it would not sound like the last desperate act of a losing government. Lincoln agreed, and waited for his generals to win a battle.

The battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day of the war. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army retreated after the battle, allowing Union general George B. McClellan to claim victory. Five days later, on September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

The preliminary Proclamation announced that slaves in rebel states not under Union control would become free on January 1, 1863. Lincoln thus gave the Southern states one last chance to end the war before losing their slaves, which they did not accept. The Proclamation did not affect slaves in the Union states; Lincoln still needed the allegiance of the border states in order to win the war. It was clear to all, however, that slavery would not long survive anywhere once the Proclamation took effect.

On January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed the final Emancipation Proclamation.

In 1864, Jeff Davis and other Southerner leaders would contemplate outlawing slavery and probably would have if the opportunity had arisen.

God Bless You and The Southern People.

Answer 2

He issued a preliminary proclamation on September 22, 1862 - it was an announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation to come. The second part was the actual Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863 in the second year of the civil war. The actual proclamation had been talked about for years prior.

It was not until ratification of the 13th ammendment on December 6, 1865 that slavery was officially ended in all the states.

Juneteenth is the celebration in Texas of Emancipation Day, the day slavery was abolished in Texas, June 19th 1865.

Answer 3

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Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1863


While Lincoln is known for many things, such as guiding the nation through four years of war, the Gettysburg Address, and the famous debates with Stephen Douglas, perhaps his most crowning achievement was the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
At the beginning of the war Lincoln had one singular goal: to preserve the Union. Slavery was a secondary issue, with the President fearing that some or all of the border states (Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri) may also secede if he made any move to free slaves.

In July, 1862 Lincoln proposed to his cabinet that all slaves in the rebellious states be set free. Secretary of State William Seward convinced him to wait until a better time. The Union had been taking a beating at the hands of the Confederacy, and Seward reasoned that changing the thrust of the Union's goals from preservation of the Union to freeing slaves would have little impact.

Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation had limitations, to be sure. It only freed slaves in the rebellious states, and even exempted those parts of the Confederacy which were already under Union control. Perhaps most importantly, unless the Union won the war,the proclamation would be worthless. It had immediate impact politically, however. The war was now about freeing slaves, transforming the entire focus. Countries such as England and France, considering aiding the Confederacy, now took a second look. Rejoining the Union was one thing, but now the war had a moral tone. Without the assistance of the European powers, the Confederacy was doomed to carrying on the battle alone.

The Emancipation Proclamation also declared that " . . . persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States . . . " Nearly 200,000 black soldiers and sailors would fight for the Union before the war was over, with several being awarded the Medal of Honor.

For many years the Emancipation Proclamation was kept bound into a large volume with other proclamations and maintained by the Department of State. At some point the number 95, signifying the number of the proclamation, was written on the top right corner in red ink.

The original of the Emancipation Proclamation, consisting of five pages tied together with red and blue ribbons, is now housed in the National Archives, having been transferred from the Department of State in 1936. The pages are fragile, the ink fading. The condition is so delicate that it is only placed on public display on special occasions. Despite its condition, the Emancipation Proclamation occupies a lofty position among the greatest documents in history.



The Emancipation Statue in Washington, DC
Following is the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation.


By the President of the United States of America:

A Proclamation.

Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit:

"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.

"That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States."

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

January 1, 1863

Answer 6

sometime this week, all I know is that I don't think that those slaves should be freed, my slaves definitely won't be.



Nah, I am just joking didn't mean to offend, I really don't know. Have a good day.


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Answer 7

he woke up one day after sleeping off a binge and said. I FREED THE WHO?? I THOUGHT THE DOCUMENT SAID 'FREE NEGROES' NOT FREE *THE* BLACKS!