On January 1st, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation. He began by freeing all the slaves in the very first line of his address and making the point of ensuring that the United States would recognize these people as free. However, this only included the Southern States currently in rebellion. These new freed slaves would have their rights maintained in the Union and the Northern States. It did not apply to some parts of the country including different states and cities as to stay in good favor with them and not create new enemies.
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