Emancipation Proclamation Impact

There is some debate on whether or not the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 truly freed the slaves of the south. There is evidence proving that the proclamation in fact did not actually emancipate slaves like it should have according to the document. Full emancipation did not come until after the end of the Civil War. Lincoln used the Emancipation Proclamation as a war tactic against the south. And although it claims to free the slaves immediately, Lincoln did not have that kind of power over the south.

Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation on January 1st, 1863, for several reasons. Blacks were leaving the plantations and the institution of slavery was falling apart. Another factor was the war was not going well for the Union since the confederates were great soldiers. Their troops had physical courage on the battlefield, their commander was very skilled, and the confederated were inferior in military technology. In addition, the British were taking steps to help support the Confederacy.

President K. Polk being a fair and a smart man had many successes including the promotion of the Manifest Destiny’s policies. One of which including the negotiation possession of the Oregon Territory from the British. Also was able to buy what is now California and New Mexico, gaining all this land after the Mexican-American war. Although he had many other successes, he also had his flaws one of which was when he was running for reelection in 1841. It was not a good time for a Democrat, due to the country being in depression and the bank with many failures.

Yet, Lincoln’s delivery of the “Emancipation Proclamation” was key during a time of major crisis and dismay. It was ahead of its generation in the sense that the nation was still struggling to keep itself united. The language of the text is formal in trying to unite the tattered and broken nation with phrases such as “necessary self-defense” and “an act of justice.” In doing such, Lincoln sheds a light to a hopeful future for many African Americans after the Civil

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The Proclamation declared that all slaves would be free within the states. Slavery was not completely abolished in the North. The Proclamation gave the war a moral purpose by turning the struggle into a figure to free the slaves. With all social and economic problems with the 3rd bloody President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.

The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most historically significant executive orders ever given by a President of the United States of America. The proclamation would change the nation’s history and help end the nation’s Civil War. It called for the freedom of slaves in the ten states that had rebelled from the Union. It was issued as a preliminary on September 22 1862, warning that if the states did not end their rebellion, then he would order it to go into effect on 1 January 1863. As none of the southern states budged, the proclamation was signed and issued.

This document changed the focus of the war from reunifying the nation to abolishing slavery. By issuing the Emancipation Proclamation when he did, Abraham Lincoln kept Britain and France from supporting the South because if they did they would be supporting slavery, which the citizens of both Britain and France were strongly against. Furthermore, it was concluded by Lincoln to be the only way to reunite the Union besides more war and it displayed dominance by the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation was critical for Abraham Lincoln to create, but it was also

As Commander in Chief, Lincoln initially wanted to ameliorate relations with the Confederacy by having them return to the Union and cease rebellion. So President Lincoln was cautious to abolish slavery. As he once wrote in a letter, “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.” Fearing the South’s advance in the War, President Lincoln utilized the Union victory at Antietam, to deliver his decree. The Emancipation Proclamation did three things: it undermined the Confederacy's slave economy, created an influx of soldiers for the Union and made the Civil War explicitly about the institution of slavery.

Abraham Lincoln once said, “I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, or feel.” The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, by Abraham Lincoln. It declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

In today’s world, many people still believe that slavery was completely ended by Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation but surely, that is not a fact. The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued on September 22nd, 1862 by Abraham Lincoln stating that “all slaves in states in rebellion with the Union shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free”. Though the proclamation did pave the way toward the 13th amendment’s abolition, it only allowed slaves mere individual freedom. During the civil war, the federal government didn’t have any governing powers over the south because they were protected by certain indirect slave and slave owner clauses in the Constitution. This proved to be a concerning problem for abolitionists in

This proclamation was issued to help end slavery, as Mr. Lincoln believed that slavery was very wrong. The Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery right when it was issued, as many people think, however the emancipation proclamation,"did not free all slaves in the United States. Rather, it declared free only those slaves living in states not under Union control." (pbs) The final document of the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863.

Emancipation has been defined as the pursuit, expansion, and security of freedom. Lincoln was an immigrant from the South who had flourished in two states, Indiana and Illinois, where laws against both slavery and the migration of free blacks protected whites like him against nonwhite competition (Lind 2005). One of Lincoln’s biggest achievements as president of the United States was the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves and allowed black soldiers to fight in the Union Army. Abraham Lincoln wrote that the assertion of human equality in the Declaration provides "a standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar to all, and revered by all; continuously looked to, always labored for, and even though never perfectly attained, always approximated, and thereby continuously spreading and deepening its influence, and augmenting the happiness and value of life for all people of all colors everywhere" (Becker 1922). Lincoln's preliminary proclamation declared that on New Year's, 1863, slaves in areas that were in rebellion against the United States shall be right now

This paper critically examines the Emancipation Proclamation and contemplates its effect through the cases of Plessey v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education and questions whether President Lincoln’s motive of issuing the Emancipation Proclamation was a pure moral objection to slavery. Although the Proclamation is and forever will be a progressive and positive development in American history given the abolition of slavery; I believe that the intention of issuing it was to do more with the defeating the rising Southern military rather than ending slavery due to moral reasons as hugely believed. After the Southern states ultimately withdrew from the Union, he made it clear that the United States Army was fighting to put the Union back together. President Lincoln restated this motivation in the Proclamation itself, describing it as "a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing the rebellion (of the Southern states). " The goal was to force the South to return to the Union, as they were being stripped of their labor force without which survival would become difficult for the Southerners.

Signed by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, it proclaimed that “all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” The Emancipation Proclamation had an instantaneous and overwhelming effect on the court of the war. In addition to saving the Union, freeing the slaves now because an official war aim, garnering passionate reactions from both the North and the South. The Emancipation Proclamation also allowed for African-Americans to join the Union's armed forces, and by the end of the war nearly 200, 000 would honorably serve. Proclaimed

"Lincoln made a stand against the popular opinion of the time, a decision that would divide the nation," (Stone 5). In america at the time, slavery was very popular, and 2 sides had different stances on it. Thus, the Emancipation Proclamation was issues, and set free many innocent people from anymore trading and