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The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the South. To emancipate means to free a single or group of people. This was done in an attempt to further disrupt and destroy the Confederation by releasing their main workers.

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The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion. President Abraham Lincoln issued the proclamation on January 1, 1863.

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