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You should read what Marx had to say about the South. He hated the south. And he and Engels viewed Lincoln's war as a preliminary stepping stone to socialism. Did you miss that or are you just trying to ignore it?

And yes, the Emancipation proclamation didn't free a single slave. How could it? It had no legal effect in the states that were governed by the Confederacy (just like our government wouldn't be effected by an executive order issued in Britain). And it didn't free the slaves in the northern states. It specifically said so. It also specifically said that slaves in union held territories in the south were also exempted from freedom. So which slaves exactly did it free? And why was the 13th amendment still necessary?