The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation refers to another date (September 22, 1862) in which Abraham Lincoln announced that he would free the slaves in the rebellious states or parts of states of the South on January 1, 1863, and that the Executive Government would support their freedom. Lincoln then listed the territories in which the Emancipation Proclamation was due to take place, which was most of the South but not the "border states", and asserted that the Government, including the army and navy, would uphold the document. He ends by warning the newly freed slaves not to resort to violence, and invited any of them to join the military of the Union.
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