The Emancipation Proclamation
Misty Thompson
Lincoln Signs The Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln said "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation declared all slaves in rebellious states free.
Blacks in Union Army
By the end of the civil war, almost 200,000 blacks had became soldiers or sailors and helped fight for their freedom.
Background Information
- Abraham Lincoln declared that on January 1, 1863, all slaves in rebellious states shall be free.
- This proclamation kept exempted the border states and parts of three confederate states under control of the Union army since they were not in rebellion against the United States.
- Allowed the recruitment of of freed slaves and free blacks as Union soldiers.
- Increased the stakes of the civil war. It became a war for "a new birth of freedom."
- Added moral force to the Unions cause and strengthened their military and political powers.
- The freedom of slaves would only happen if the Union won the war.
States Affected
Border states were exempted from the Emancipation Proclamation. All rebellious slave states were included in the Emancipation Proclamation.
Battle
The Emancipation Proclamation boosted the Union Army's moral going into battle. It gave them a reason to fight.
Proposal
Lincoln proposed the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet on September 22, 1862.