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Despite popular belief, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves in America. ... In truth, the Emancipation Proclamation freed very few slaves. ... He only issued the Emancipation Proclamation to gain an advantage politically. ...
While many people think Abraham Lincoln freed every slave with the Emancipation Proclamation it actually freed few slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation did not actually free any slaves because it related only to areas under the control of the Confederacy (Miller 131). The South broke away from the North, and Lincoln could not make slave owners living in the Confederate states of America obey the Emancipation Proclamation. ... The Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to slaves in border states fighting on the Union side, nor did it affect slaves in southern areas already under Union control. ... Hume, the Missouri antislavery leader who heard Lincoln speak said the Proclamation “did not…whatever it may have otherwise accomplished at the time it was issued, liberate a single slave.
Approximate Word count = 721
Approximate Pages = 2.9
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