76American History • 1800s
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Official Accepted Answers:
- Freed the slaves
- Freed slaves in the Confederacy
- Freed slaves in the Confederate states
- Freed slaves in most Southern states
Why this matters: Issued on January 1, 1863, Lincoln declared that all persons held as slaves within rebellious Confederate territories 'are, and henceforward shall be free.'
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