Why did not the Emancipation Proclamation free all US slaves?

Answer 1

Lincoln had to wait for a Union victory. Antietam Was the victory he needed.
The Emancipation Proclamation changed the course of the war. It went from defeating the Rebels of the South to freeing the slaves. In every place that the Union army could take, the Slaves were all freed. This was a huge boost to the troops. They were now fighting to free people. Freeing all the slaves would have done nothing to keep the men fighting. the fight needed a better cause. Is there a better cause than Freedom? Fighting to unite the Country and fighting for freedom are far different things. Even today fighting for freedom is still top on everyones list.

Answer 2

It only freed the slaves in the Union. It didnt free the slaves in the Confederacy (South) because they had their own President (Jefferson Davis) and they are not going to listen to who they are fighting against.

Answer 3

The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the Southern states, who already broke off from the union. This meant that President Lincoln had no control over whethere these slaves would be free or not. But once a Southern town or area was freed by Union soldiers, the slaves would be free. This caused help for the Union army from former slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect January 1, 1863.

Answer 4

The final version of US President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was enacted as a war measure. No slaves were "officially" freed until the 13th amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery. As a matter of practicality, all slaves became free after the end of the Civil War. During the war, slaves that escaped from the South were considered by the Union to be freed. Border states during the war were not effected by the Proclamation.

Answer 5

It freed only slaves in confederate states to weaken the Confederate army.

Answer 6

the emancipation proclamation freed all the slaves in the south, but the union no longer had control over the confederacy so were really like "who's gonna make us?"

Answer 7

The emancipation proclamation did not free all of the slaves, because at that time the border states in the middle of the U.S. were not part of the U.S.

Answer 8

Only freed slaves in South