i found this --> " 2. It prevented the border states from joining the Confederacy since it did NOT free the slaves in those states NOT in rebellion" statement in yahoo answer
i know that it freed a small amount of slaves but i want to know how did Emancipation Proclamation free the slaves
did it free the slaves that are in the Confederacy side if they stop rebelling the Union
and didn't free the slaves that are in the Union (north?) side
or was the EP just offering that the Union is going free them?
do you guys understand my question(s)?
2007-11-02 13:04:05 · 5 answers · asked by chingwa_921012 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Sure, it's a good question. Most people do not realize as you do that the EP freed very few slaves outright. It did not free slaves in border states for the reason you mentioned. It only freed slaves in the rebelling states which for the most part were not controlled by the North. It did make the war officially "ABOUT" slavery and made the eventual freeing of all slaves the goal of the North in the war. Emancipation would finally be achieved by the end of 1865 after the war ended and the 13th amendment to the US constituion was ratified.
The statement "no slaves were freed by the EP" is not entirely true. There were areas of the South already occupied by Federal forces at the time the EP came into effect at the beginning of 1863. Parts of eastern North Carolina were occupied territory where slaves were indeed freed by the EP. The same must have been true for New Orleans and parts of south Louisiana which was in Union hands then too. Parts of Tennessee were under Union army control. Some slaves were freed by the EP.
2007-11-02 13:14:17 · answer #1 · answered by Spreedog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln. It was written to free slaves in the South side which is known as the confederate states during the Civil War. it did free the slaves in the Confederate states. the Emancipation Proclamation freed a lot of slaves if not all of them.
2007-11-02 14:12:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not in rebellion includes the states that allied themselves with the Union. The states that seceded from the Union became the Confederacy. The Confederate States were in rebellion and it was their slaves that were freed as a punitive measure. In the northern states (the Union) slaves were not declared free by Lincoln because they remained loyal to the Union government and this then became their reward.
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2007-11-02 13:15:42 · answer #3 · answered by gatita 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The emancipation proclamation did not free a single slave. It freed no slave in areas controlled by the north, which is where they could free them. It only freed slaves in areas that were controlled (in open rebellion) by the south, which was where they could not free them. Thus it freed none.
2007-11-02 13:11:09 · answer #4 · answered by dem_dogs 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Emancipation Proclamation was a last ditch effort by Lincoln to keep the Union together... His PLANS were to take all the freed blacks and SEND THEM BACK TO AFRICA... which is why some northern blacks were against him... you won't HEAR THIS in SCHOOL... but it is TRUE.
2007-11-02 13:13:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋