Issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people in Confederate states legally free. It reframed the Civil War as a fight for liberty, enabled Black men to join the Union Army, and weakened the Southern economy. Ultimately, it benefited millions of enslaved African Americans, paving the path toward constitutional abolition.
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