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Lincoln used the battle at antietam to issue the emancipation proclamation. what is the emancipation proclamation and what did it still leave into question according to the southern states?

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It warned that in all states still in rebellion on January 1, 1863, he would declare their slaves ''Then, thenceforward, and forever free.
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