The Emancipation Proclamation

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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

* The Emancipation Proclamation was a decree carried on by Abraham Lincoln that stated that all African American slaves living within the confederate states would be granted their freedom unless the states declared their loyalty to the union.

• In September of 1862 Lincoln issue a preliminary decree that stated that unless the rebellious states returned to the union before January 1st, freedom would be granted to the slaves within those states.

What happened on September in the year of 1862?

None of the confederate states took the offer and on January 1st just like he promised the Emancipation Proclamation took place.

How many confederate states took the offer? What happened?

Did the Emancipation Proclamation free all the

slaves?No, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free all the slaves. It only freed the slaves living within the rebellious states or also known as the confederate states.

How did the freed slaves react?

The freed slaves took action right away and most of them migrated to the Union states to join the Union army and fight for the freedom of the free.

Why did Lincoln free the slaves living within the Confederate

states but not the slaves living within the Union states?

Lincoln freed the slaves from the Confederate states because they were rebelling against the Union and he knew that liberating the slaves would cause them major harm. However, he did not free the slaves from the Union because he feared he would loose the loyalty of the people.

Time Period1860-1863

The Emancipation Proclamation took place when Abraham Lincoln was president (1860). During this time slavery was popular amongst the people and the nation was divided into two groups. The confederates and the union.

Lincoln was against slavery and he believed the slaves should be freed.

After the Unions victory in Antietam, in the year of 1862, Lincoln decided to issue a preliminary decree.

Define the topic

The Emancipation was a document that Abraham Lincoln created to help free the slaves.

The Emancipation was made public on September in the year of 1862.

This decree stated that unless the confederate states surrendered to the Union, every slave within those states would be granted their freedom.

Abraham Lincoln

What happened?

Abraham Lincoln was a man that did not support slavery and believed that slavery was a bad thing and he wanted to find a solution to abolish it without upsetting his followers.

He saw his opportunity during the Civil War.

He then issued a mandate stating that if the rebellious states did not return to the Union, all slaves living within them would be granted their freedom.

How did he affect the African American

people at the time?Abraham Lincoln Lincoln affected the African American people because he started a movement that would end up being the start to a revolution that would change millions of lives for the better.

He granted hundreds and thousands of African Americans their freedom.

Not only that but he granted them the opportunity to fight for the Union.

Which became a remarkable opportunity and significant movement.

Primary Document

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The Emancipation Proclamation was important because it was a mandate that freed the slaves living within the rebellious or the confederate states.

This document was the beginning to a movement that would eventually bring all the African Americans their freedom and the equality they sought and deserved.