What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

It was issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. It declared that enslaved people in the states rebelling against the United States were free, making ending slavery a major goal of the war. It did not immediately free enslaved people in every state.

President Lincoln issued it during the Civil War as a military order aimed at the states that were rebelling against the Union. It declared that enslaved people in those Confederate areas were free, and it helped shift the war toward ending slavery.

It was an order President Abraham Lincoln issued during the Civil War in 1863. It declared that enslaved people in states rebelling against the United States were free, which weakened the Confederacy and connected the war to ending slavery. It did not immediately free enslaved people in Union border states.

President Abraham Lincoln issued it during the Civil War to weaken the Confederacy and change the war’s purpose. It declared that enslaved people in states rebelling against the Union were free, though it did not apply everywhere right away. It also helped pave the way for the 13th Amendment, which ended slavery nationwide.