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President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclaimation in 1862.

It was enforced by Union troops during the Civil War.

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Were slaves listed as freed in the Emancipation Proclamation?

All slaves that were owned by people in the South were set free. Not the slaves in the North. The 13th Amendment set all the slaves free.


When did slaves get set free?

1865


What plans did Washington have for his slaves upon his death?

He set them free when he died


Who freed slaves in California?

Abraham Lincoln set the slaves free.


When were the American slaves set free?

1865


Did the emancipation proclamation immediately set all slaves free?

No, it set them all free immediately.


Would slaves be set free if they fought in the Civil War?

Technically slaves could not fight in the war unless they had permission from the owners or there owners had made them fight. But at the end of the Civil War all the slaves were set free this is what the civil war was about the North wanted the slaves to be set free but the south wanted slaves as they relied on them for there economy. this was the Cotton indusrty mainly when the North won the war they decleared all slaves free.


How many slaves were set free in 1865?

3,000,000


How many slaves were set free at the end of the civil war?

All slaves were set free after the Civil War and slavery was banned in every state for the present and future.


What is the name of the movie about the slaves that were set free after a trial proving they were free?

Amestad


How old was Moses when he set slaves free?

he was only 40 when he set the slaves free


What was the consequence for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation hoped to set all the slaves free?

It didn’t set all slaves free. It only freed slaves in the states of the confederacy. One of the consequences was the slaves began to follow the union troops and many enlisted as soldiers.