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How did the emancipation proclamation change the civil war?

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Britain and France lost their enthusiasm for supporting the Confederacy. The war was mostly about freeing the slaves and that is what changed the timeline so much.
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The Emancipation Proclamation established another reason to fight and complete the war; to abolish slavery.
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