Essay on Limitations Of The Emancipation Proclamation

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Limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation

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History

[Paper Title]:

Limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation

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Limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1,
1863 declaring that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states
shall be free. However, despite this expansive wording, the Proclamation was
limited in many ways. It applied only to states that withdrew from the Union,
leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also specifically
excluded parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control.
Most importantly, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory.

In the early life of Lincoln, he formed a strong opinion on the issue of
slavery. Slavery, for Lincoln, violated everything for which he stood. Lincoln
was born into a poor pioneer family, and worked hard on the farm. He knew what
it was like to till soil and raise crops. Through his hard work and
determination, Lincoln was able to become a successful lawyer. "Lincoln
believed that all Americans should have the opportunity to enhance their lives
as he had enhanced his own" (Tackach 30). Lincoln felt slavery violated the
principle in the Declaration of Independence that stated "all men are
created equal"(Tackach 31).

The Emancipation of January 1, 1863, contained no indictment of slavery, but
simply based emancipation on "military nec

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