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media type="file" key="mrc blm emancipation FINAL.wmv" Emancipation Proclamation

On the first of January 1863, President Abe Lincoln presented a speech to the whole Military; at this time he was taking on the role of Commander-in-Chief. The Speech he presented was the Emancipation Proclamation. This document stated that slaves were to be free, yet it didn’t set all the slaves free. Since Four states stayed Neutral during the first two years of the Civil War they decided to pardon them with the gift of slavery these states were Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. At first Abe Lincoln had only wanted to stop the spread of slavery to the western United States, but the South felt that they were under too many rules, they wanted to expand their plantations to create more money because this was the way of life they always knew. So they decided to secede from the North to make a new nation for the time being called The Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America lasted from 1861-1865. The war that the Southerners created because of slavery lasted for four years and was considered one of the bloodiest wars in history, and also one of the worst due to the fact that it was American verses American. The presenting of this document made a big imprint on the problem of slavery in the United States. After this was presented the war ended two years later in 1865 and finally all the slaves were free. It wasn’t really Abe Lincoln that set them free they more or less noticed they could make it with out slavery, they didn’t need to hurt one another. So although this may not have really stopped slavery it was considered to be a big step in the right direction.

By Breanna Mundis

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