1 jan 1863 ano - Emancipation Proclamation

Descrição:

An executive order issued on January 1 by Abraham Lincoln. It declared the emancipation of all slaves in the Confederate states. It did not immediately free any slaves, as the Union had little control over the Confederacy and it did not emancipate any slaves in the border states (slave states loyal to the Union), but nevertheless was a great cause for celebration for the abolitionist movement. It changed the reason for the Civil War to be about slavery, inspiring many more to join the cause. It gave slaves further incentive to run away, knowing that they could find freedom in the North (as opposed to earlier in history, where the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 would have required Northerners to return them to the South).