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What led to the Emancipation Proclamation?

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1, 1863, three years into the war. ... Now the war was about ending slavery, which led to the tide changing in favor of the Union under the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant. The Emancipation Proclamation didn't free all slaves, just those living in Confederate states. Hope that helped!!
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