Question

How does the document "Emancipation Proclamation" define the areas where slaves were to be freed?

Answer 1

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.

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Answer 2

The "Emancipation Proclamation" issued by President Lincoln as the Civil War came to a close declared slaves were to be freed throughout the entire US.