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When Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation he knew it did not have the power to end slavery Why was he correct?
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∙ 14y ago
First, the proclamation applied only to areas under Union Army control. By the time of the proclamation, none of the Southern states was fully under Union control, so Lincoln knew the proclamation would (at that time) affect only a small percentage of slaves.
Second, Lincoln knew that the Emancipation Proclamation was not really legal. The Constitution specifically allowed slavery and the President did not have the legal authority to end it. Slavery did not actually become illegal until passage of the 13th Constitutional Amendment shortly at the end of the Civil War.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y ago- That is because many governors or important people did not like the idea so did not accept it.
The Proclamation freed the slaves in the states which seceded. It was an attempt to get them to rejoin the Union before the Jan. 1 deadline.
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∙ 7y agoIf you read the proclamation, it freed slaves in areas that were AT THAT TIME in rebellion against the Union. If they were in rebellion, they were going to ignore the proclamation. Most people also do not realize that some of the Union states were slave states- the proclamation had no effect on slavery in those states.
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∙ 9y agoThere was no way to enforce the Proclamation in the Confederate States that were at war with the US.
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Was the Emancipation Proclamation the document that abolished slavery in the US?
No, the Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln after conferring with Frederick Douglass.
Which President stopped slavery?
Abraham Lincoln & the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who's a famous white person against slavery?
Abraham Lincoln who founded the Emancipation Proclamation to stop slavery Abe Lincoln
Who wrote and what is emancipation proclamation?
The Emacipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln. It stated that there was to be no more slavery in the Union states.
What caused the abolishment of slavery throughout the united states?
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation which abolished slavery.
What bill did Lincoln sign that ended slavery?
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation which ended slavery.
Which President proclaimed that the slaves in the southern states were to be freed?
Lincoln. But they were freed by Union troops during their Southern campaigns, not by the Proclamation, which was mainly a tatcic to shame the British out of helping the cause of slavery.
What was Abraham Lincoln's slavery project called?
The Emancipation Proclamation
If Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation why do we need the third amendment ending slavery?
Because the Emancipation Proclamation only freed some states from slavery
What was the result of the emancipation proclamation issed by Abraham Lincoln?
No more slavery.
What abolished slavery in all of the states?
the emancipation proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.
What document did president Lincoln sign that ended slavery?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln wrote to abolish slavery?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
Was the Emancipation Proclamation the document that abolished slavery in the US?
No, the Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln after conferring with Frederick Douglass.
What were Lincoln's accomplishments?
He signed the Emancipation proclamation, ending slavery in the US for good.
This president opposed slavery and issued the emancipation proclamation in 1863?
Abraham Lincoln
How did Abraham lincoln free slavery?
Emancipation Proclamation and African American Rights
