Question

Who did the Emancipation Proclamation declare to be free?

all slaves in the United States

all slaves except those in the border states

all slaves in Union territories

all slaves in Confederate territories

slaves and American Indians in the Confederate states

Answer 1

Confederate territories

Step-by-step explanation:

Basically the south declared independence from the union and declared themselves the Confederate states of America. Lincoln was able to inflict the Emancipation Proclamation in the South because it was a separate nation.