{"id":1117,"date":"2019-06-01T06:58:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T06:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2019-06-05T17:11:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:11:38","slug":"the-emancipation-proclamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/learn\/origins-and-traditions\/the-emancipation-proclamation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emancipation Proclamation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Although, not able to be fully enforced in practice it was seen as symbolic and a strategic war move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What it did:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It declared all enslaved people free in the states not loyal to the Union.<\/li><li>It was a turning point for the war. &nbsp;Up until this point the war had been fought for multiple reasons, it now declared the abolishment of slavery was the primary issue.<\/li><li>It allowed African Americans to join the military, which was pivotal for the Union\u2019s success.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Its limitations:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It did not free enslaved people in the border states that had not seceded from the Union.<\/li><li>The only way to enforce it was to have a Union military presence in that state, which many states did not.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Union states:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Border States (maintained slavery, but did not secede from the Union):<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Confederate States:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 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