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The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863. In a single stroke it changed the legal status, as recognized by the U.S. government, of 3 million slaves in designated areas of the Confederacy from "slave" to "free".
Now since there was also slavery in the north at this time, did the proclamation really end slavery or did it just end slavery in the confederate states which at the time were a separate nation with its own constitution?.
THe link I provided, answered those questions.
At length.
No it did not. You never answer anything. But you always claim you do.
President Lincoln justified the Emancipation Proclamation as a war measure intended to cripple the Confederacy. Being careful to respect the limits of his authority, Lincoln applied the Emancipation Proclamation only to the Southern states in rebellion.
Sources:
10 Facts: The Emancipation Proclamation.
5 Things You May Not Know About Lincoln, Slavery and Emancipation
He applied the Emancipation Proclamation ONLY to the southern states in rebellion, because his primary intention was to preserve the union, by any means necessary.
In his own words:
"If I could preserve the union without freeing a single slave, I would".
Kanye West is listening to the wrong people.
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