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Emancipation proclamation.
Also note that it required a constitutional amendment, after the war, to legally free the slaves. The President does not actually have the power to alter the constitution by proclamation alone, and the original constitution did allow slavery.
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How many slaves were freed during the civil war?
449
What act or event during the civil war and reconstruction freed the slaves?
Emancipation
Which document only symbolically freed southeren slaves and created a moral focus for the civil war?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What did freed slaves do during the period immediately following the civil war?
They remained near the farms where they had been slaves
What was the name of the document that freed the slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
How many slaves were freed during the civil war?
449
What is the name of the president who freed slaves during the civil war?
Abraham Lincoln
Which president freed slaves in the south during the civil war?
Abraham Lincoln
how many slaves were freed after / during the civil war ?
nearly 4 million
What act or event during the civil war and reconstruction freed the slaves?
Emancipation
Which document only symbolically freed southeren slaves and created a moral focus for the civil war?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What did most freed slaves do during immediately following the civil war?
They remained near the farms where they had been slaves
What did freed slaves do during the period immediately following the civil war?
They remained near the farms where they had been slaves
What act or event during the civil war and reconstuction freed the slaves?
The emancipation proclamation
What is the name of the document President Lincoln signed that freed slaves in confederate states?
Slaves were freed on December 18, 1865, after the civil war. The 13th amendment freed them.
If you were a freed slave during the US Civil War what identification was given to show that you are a freed slave?
Your owner would give you a document stateing that you are a freed slave.
What did Lincoln accomplish during president?
He freed all the slaves from slavery and won the civil war.
