"President Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 when the country entered its third year of deadly civil war."
"He presented the Emancipation Proclamation as a war action that was to break the Confederacy. He issued the Proclamation in the Southern states that were rebelling. The Proclamation however , did not liberate all slaves in the United States colonies. Instead it freed only those slaves which were living in states, that were not under the control of Union . Lincoln advised the slaves not to counterattack their owners, unless it was for their self defense. He also wanted to make it certain that they join the jobs for low wages. He left slavery unaffected in the border states. "
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