emancipationserklæringen

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emancipation proclamation

Order made by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that freed all southern slaves (did not take effect until the end of the Civil War in 1865)

An order issued during the Civil War by President Lincoln ending slavery in the Confederate states

President Abraham Lin­coln issued a preliminary proclamation in Septem­ber 1862 that all slaves would be declared free in those states that were still in rebellion against the Union at the beginning of 1863 Receiving no offi­cial response from the Confederacy, Lincoln an­nounced the Emancipation Proclamation on Janu­ary 1, 1863 All slaves in the rebellious Confederate states were to be forever free However, slavery could continue to exist in border states that were not at war against the Union Lincoln's Emancipa­tion Proclamation represented the beginning of the end of chattel slavery in the United States

President Lincoln's speech that freed the slaves in the land controlled by the North given on September 22, 1863