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What document announced freedom for the slaves in all of the Confederate states?

Declaration of Human Rights

Articles of Agreement

Emancipation Proclamation

Morrill Act

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The correct answer is: "Emancipation Proclamation"

Initially, the civil war between the North and the South was waged by the North to prevent the secession of the South and preserve the Union. Ending slavery was not one of the objectives. This changed on September 22, 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary version of the Proclamation of Emancipation in which he declared that as of January 1, 1863 slaves in those states or parts of the states still in rebellion would be free One hundred days later, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that "all persons held as slaves" in the rebel zones "are, and will henceforth be, free."

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The correct answer is " Emancipation Proclamation "

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The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was given by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.

The Proclamation ordered the freedom of all slaves in ten states. Because it was issued under the president's authority to suppress rebellion , it necessarily excluded areas not in rebellion, but still applied to more than 3.5 million of the 4 million slaves. It changed the federal legal status of these enslaved African Americans in the South areas from slavery.

The Proclamation also ordered that ex-slaves could be enrolled into the paid service of United States' forces, and ordered the Union Army to recognize and maintain the freedom of the ex-slaves. . It made the eradication of slavery an explicit war goal, in addition to the goal of reuniting the Union.

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