To: hanamizu
It did not free slaves in Union held slave states like Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware and Missouri. The proclamation only applied to states in rebellion.
27 posted on
02/27/2021 10:21:03 AM PST by
Blood of Tyrants
(DemocRats would burn the country to the ground to be absolute rulers over the ashes.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
It did not free slaves in Union held slave states like Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware and Missouri. The proclamation only applied to states in rebellion.True, but you said the Emancipation Proclamation freed nobody. That's completely wrong. It freed slaves in areas under rebellion, creating an incentive for slaves to escape to areas occupied by the Union army and giving Union armies the legal power and responsibility to free slaves as they captured territory. Which is exactly what happened.
29 posted on
02/27/2021 10:43:21 AM PST by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: Blood of Tyrants
It did not free slaves in Union held slave states like Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware and Missouri. The proclamation only applied to states in rebellion.
Yes. Lincoln realized that he had no authority over slaves legally held by Americans. The Emancipation Proclamation was careful to exclude slaves in Confederate territory already under Union control, such as most of Louisiana and Tennessee.
31 posted on
02/27/2021 10:54:21 AM PST by
hanamizu
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