On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation" went.
into full effect, and was the document that supposedly freed the slaves and gave them their right.
to live a full, normal lifestyle.
The "Emancipation Proclamation" was a strain of well thought out political processes by.
Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet. The point of these documents was to give a new reason for the.
war between the divided country and to place the north in better social light. Was it one of the.
"greatest political documents" in history? That depends on how the documents are viewed.
As propaganda for the North, the proclamation did not turn out as well executed as.
planned for Lincoln and his staff. The September proclamation actually hurt Lincoln's party in.
the following election by angering northerners. Why would the people want to shift their.
emphasis on slavery? The people of America were not killing each other for the freedom of a.
race, but more the freedom of the government.
Also, the document delivered by Lincoln only had power over the states and country he.
controlled. The confederates could care less what he had to say about what he "demanded" them.
to do as a Commander-in-Chief. The slaves in the confederate controlled South could run away.
to the north and be "free", but if they were caught in the act, they were to face almost certain.
death. Why did Lincoln deliver a document he knew would not have an effect on the lives of the.
slaves in 95% of the south? The answer is purely political.
The Emancipation Proclamation can not be a great document for what it did in its time.
because it effectively did not do anything, but the political repercussions and symbolism of this.
the proclamation were the big picture. The northern blacks at the time of the proclamation.
supposedly were overjoyed. They thought the nature of the war for the North would now.
emphasize their rights with a president on their side who was making it so.