Who delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and what did it state?

Answer 1

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, (the Preliminary Emancipation is dated September 22, 1862) as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation (see original copy on enclosed website below)

Despite this expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory.

Soon after the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln was able to broaden the base of the war and may have prevented England and France (The Trent Affair and Recognition of the Confederacy) from lending support to a Country that engaged in slavery. In practical terms, the Emancipation Proclamation had little immediate impact; it freed slaves only in the Confederate states, while leaving slavery intact in the border states and, moreover, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory. Antietam was, however, the initial major turning point in the Civil War.

Answer 2

Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War freeing Southern Slaves.

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862 and the final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued under Lincoln’s military powers as Commander in Chief. Lincoln had no other legal authority to free slaves generally.

The Emancipation Proclamation could, therefore, only free those slaves who were held in bondage in states or parts of states that were currently in rebellion. It could not legally apply to slaves held in the border states and parts of other slave states that were no longer in rebellion.

As Union armies advanced into more and more southern territory, the Proclamation turned into reality, as the slaves were set free by the federal troops.

Even so, Lincoln had doubts about the enduring legality of the Emancipation Proclamation and pressed Congress to adopt the 13th Amendment and send it out to the states for ratification--which they did.

Answer 4

Delivered by Abraham Lincoln on September 21, 1862, it stated that all slaves who were being held in the states that were rebelling against the North are hereby free on January 1, 1863

Answer 5

I suggest you google Emancipation Proclamation. In addition to where it was signed you might learn something important like what it was about.

Answer 6

Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation, and it stated that all slaves in the United States were considered to be emancipated, aka. freed.

Answer 7

That was Abe Lincoln. It freed the slaves in the states in rebellion during the Civil War, but not those in the slave states loyal to the Union (Missouri, Maryland, & Kentucky). Since it freed slaves in states who no longer viewed themselves as part of the Union, it didn't really free anyone.