when abe lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation were the slaves automaticllay free
2007-03-13 04:28:24 · 3 answers · asked by Jaiel M 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
No, the emancipation proclamation only freed slaves in the rebel states. A lot of slaves didn't know about the emancipation proclamation. The 13th amendment, ratified in December of 1865, made slavery unconstitutional and therefore illegal in all of the United States.
2007-03-13 04:38:21 · answer #1 · answered by MTSU history student 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. And as you might expect, the freedom was implemented not at all in some backwaters for quite a while. Some poor slaves were stuck where they were at for quite a while.
2007-03-13 11:31:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i imagine it took a while for the word to get around
considering that they had no phones and radios to broadcast the message
2007-03-13 11:31:08 · answer #3 · answered by links305 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋