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Emancipation

Emancipation. Lincoln personally disagreed with slavery, but his official position was that his #1 priority was to save the Union Northerners believe slavery helps the Confederate war effort Slaves raise food crops and do heavy work in the trenches

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Emancipation

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  1. Emancipation Lincoln personally disagreed with slavery, but his official position was that his #1 priority was to save the Union Northerners believe slavery helps the Confederate war effort Slaves raise food crops and do heavy work in the trenches Union begins freeing escaped slaves who flee to free territories as early as 1861 Public opinion shifts; more Northerners supporting the end of slavery Outlawing slavery would make Britain/France less likely to support the South

  2. Lincoln believes the decision/responsibility for it is his as president, not Congress’s • Decides in summer 1862, but waits for right time to make it public, announces plan 5 days after Antietam • Effects of Emancipation Proclamation (to take effect 1/1/1863) • Aimed atanyone enslaved in rebellious states, border states are exempt (but Confederacy not following Union laws) • 3 of the 4 border states abolish slavery by the war’s end • Kentucky frees its slaves with the 13th Amendment • African Americans in North are joyful • Lincoln hoped it would persuade slaves to run away from owners in South • Britain/France decide not to aid the Confederacy • Eventually the 13th Amendment is passed 1865

  3. African Americans are allowed to serve in Union Army in 1862 • At end of war, 10% of Union Army, 18% of Union Navy made up of African Americans • Usually made to serve in separate regiments • Famous 54th Massachusetts • Led by white abolitionists • Brave fight against Confederates at Charleston earned them respect from white troops

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