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Did the Emancipation Proclamation free the slaves immediately

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The Emancipation Proclamation didn't actually free all enslaved people. ... In practice, then, the Emancipation Proclamation didn't immediately free a single enslaved person, as the only places it applied were places where the federal government had no control—the Southern states currently fighting against the Union.

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