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Which is true of the Emancipation Proclamation?

A. It abolished slavery in the United States.
B. It abolished slavery in the South.
C. It declared all slaves in states fighting for the Confederacy free.
D. It declared all slaves in states fighting for the Union free.

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Which is true of the Emancipation Proclamation?

D. It declared all slaves in states fighting for the Union free.

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D. It declared all slaves in states fighting for the Union free.

Any slave that was in US territory, as well as any slave that was located in the South that wanted to fight for the Union was declared free.

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