“...slaves were behind Union lines...would have been freed...by the Emancipation Proclamation...”
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Do I misunderstand what you are saying?
Slaves “behind union lines” were not freed by the emancipation proclamation.
Actually, it was only slaves behind union lines that were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, but legally it applied to all of
Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Morthhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth),
By the way,did you used to post under the name StandWatie?