Question

Did the emancipation proclamation free all the slaves

Answer 1

The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designated areas of the South from slave to free.

Answer 2

No.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Emancipation Proclomation declared that only the slaves not living in states not under Union control would be free.