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jan 1, 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation goes into Effect

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Lincoln's military tactic turned the abolition of slavery into a Union goal, and it encouraged the Confederacy to support slavery. This prevented European nations who no longer had slavery from interveneing on behalf of the Confederacy.

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jan 1, 1863
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~ 162 years ago