after the emancipation proclamation was issued, many slaves remined slaved.why?

Answer 1

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. Furthermore, the proclamation allowed the arming of approximately 180,000 blacks for the Union army.

Answer 2

Those who answer this by saying 'it only applied to those Lincoln didn't have power or authority over' totally misunderstand the Proclamation, the grounds for it, and the overall strategy Lincoln was pursuing. It was by no means some empty political gesture.

The EP absolutely DID free slaves --indeed, though it took time, it was precisely as a result of this proclamation that MOST slaves freed during the Civil War.

Further, the EP freed many immediately or nearly so. In the first case, it clarified that ALL of the slaves who had already escaped behind Union lines were NOT to be returned... thus establishing their freedom (the Proclamation is very explicit in its directions to the military on this point). And many others were soon emboldened to escape, when Union forces came near, by the assurance that they would not be turned back.

Obviously, the job could not be finished until the Union armies could back it up in ALL Confederate territory (that is, at the war's end).

As for slaves in Union territory -- do note that this was only a fraction of the slave population. More importantly, Lincoln did not have the CONSTITUTIONAL authority to free THESE slaves, whereas he COULD take such an action as a MILITARY actions in his role as Commander in Chief, to put down a rebellion. And if he had attempted to do so (unconstitutionally) it would likely have driven border states to support the Confederacy.

BUT the Proclamation was not the only step Lincoln took. Even before this he had been urging leaders in the Union slave states to end slavery by some sort of compensated emancipation. They had rebuffed him, but most came around to do so by the war's end.

And after the EP, Lincoln set out to establish the *permanency* of emancipation throughout the country -- eventually by means of the 13th amendment, which he fought for by many means, including a lot of logrolling and pushing for quick statehood for Nevada to gain extra votes for ratification of the amendment. But even this would have been difficult if not impossible had the EP not already been in effect, undermining the slave system.

Answer 3

Because the proclamation applied to an area that Lincoln technically didn't control at the time. It would be as if when we were fighting WWII, and the war was still going on, FDR passed a law that only applied to the Germans in Germany. How do you enforce that? The proclamation was more symbolic and was designed to get slaves to run away or desert the confederate army (take away what little support and human power the south had left). Still, some stayed either because they wanted to, the war made it unsafe to travel or because they hadn't heard about the proclamation (communication lines weren't the best towards the end of the war, and some landowners didn't want the slaves to know Lincoln had freed them).

Hope that helps...

Answer 4

Because the proclamation only freed slaves in the south, and the south had seceeded. Generally speaking, the Emancipation Proclamation was a war tool designed to try to get slaves to enlist or revolt and provide a more unstable environment in the south to end the war quicker. But it only really worked when Union troops came upon slaves and freed them, or when slaves escaped. The truth is that it was impossible to free all the slaves until the war ended, and that is what happened.

Answer 5

It did take time for the Proclamation to reach the South (not like they could just watch CNN or something), and there were tight-knit communities of slave-owners who served on local "government" determined not to let the word hit the slaves.

And there's hard but true fact that many slaves didn't want to leave - some of them could envision no other life outside of slavery, and Reconstruction didn't begin until after the war, so there was no plan for the freed slaves. Some revisionists argue that the main slaves who stayed were the ones who had kind plantation owners - but I think it was more out of necessity than desire.

The E.P. was largely a political gesture, and its sadly likely that Lincoln didn't consider these short-term ramifications.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Because the emancipation proclamation only freed slave behind confederate lines. It was not enforceable until the end of the war.

Answer 8

because the proclamation did not free a single slave. The union slave states of Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri, and west Virginia were allowed to keep there's as were certain counties of Virginia, Louisiana and other states.

The only Slaves the proclamation referred to, were those over whom Lincoln had no control

Answer 9

It is difficult to determine how many slaves were still kept captive. However, it is the case that some slaves stayed in the south and continued to work for their families for compensation (not much more than they were receiveing initially).

Answer 10

Beacause with all things it takes time. Drugs have been outlawed in America yet we still see them sold on our streets...it takes groups to force things to happen......