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It just 'proclaimed' that all Southern slaves (but not Northern ones) were "thenceforward and forever free". Since Lincoln's word wasn't law in the South, this altered nothing on the ground.

The effect was felt by the British, who had come close to recognising the Confederacy and sending military aid. The Proclamation had turned the war into an official crusade against slavery, so making it impossible for free nations abroad to support the South.

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