The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln…
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The Emаncipаtiоn Prоclаmatiоn was issued by Abraham Lincoln as a wartime measure to weaken the Confederacy by declaring enslaved people in states “in rebellion” to be free, but it did not apply everywhere. This meant that in practice slavery continued in some places while the proclamation encouraged escape and allowed Black enlistment in the Union army. Where did the Emancipation Proclamation not apply?
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