The Emancipation Proclamation came about on January 1, 1863. It was a document that led to end of slavery in the United State military leaders of the union really wanted Lincoln to make the proclamation free slaves. Lincoln thought if he did free slaves he could dived the north. The congress passed a law freeing all confederate slaves when the war was doing badly. On September, 22, 1862 Lincoln gave a pre-copy of the proclamation. The south did not take Lincoln's policy and so he made the Emancipation Proclamation January, 1, 1863. It really did not free one slave. The Exanimation Proclamation gave power to the war attempt and weakened the south. By the end of the war, many slaves helped the union army or navy. The former slaves helped the north win the war. The Exanimation Proclamation made the war a fight against slavery. It inspired southern slaves who heard about it to free themselves. The Emancipation Proclamation turned real with thousands of slaves set free. .
Unlike other immigrants, black Americans were brought here as slaves beginning in the 1600s. European colonists shipped Africans across the Atlantic in spaces no bigger than coffins. Over time, slaves became an integral part of the agrarian economy in the South. Most lived on cotton plantations in the South. Many field hands lived in one-room cabins and were issued a minimum of food and clothing. Some rebelled; roughly 60,000 fled to freedom.
More than 4 million slaves were owned by whites at the outset of the Civil War. The five-page proclamation contained specific details regarding freedom for slaves. While it declared slaves free in most Southern states, some select areas were exempted and others were not mentioned at all. The proclamation also made it possible for blacks to serve in the U.S. military for the first time.
The Emancipation Proclamation ranks among the greatest historic documents of freedom, experts say.
"When you look at African-American life and history, essentially, this is a charter of their freedom.