Question

Why did the emancipation proclamation only apply to states outside of the union?

President Lincoln only had the authority to ban slavery in the confederacy, not the union.

The reconstruction amendments already banned slavery inside the U.S.

President Lincoln wanted to preserve slavery in the union but punish confederate states.

States within the Union had already abolished slavery.

Answer 1

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The correct answer is that President Lincoln only had the authority to ban slavery in the Confederacy, not the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued as a military order during the Civil War, and it aimed to weaken the Confederate states by freeing their enslaved population. Since the Union states had already abolished slavery, there was no need for the Proclamation to apply to them. Additionally, the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) later banned slavery and granted equal rights to all individuals within the United States, including the states in the Union.

Answer 2

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Yes, I am sure. The Emancipation Proclamation was limited in its application to the Confederate states because President Lincoln's authority as commander-in-chief allowed him to issue military orders to combat the rebellion. The Proclamation declared that all slaves in the rebellious states, which were outside of Union control, were to be set free. It did not apply to the states within the Union because they had already abolished slavery through their own legislation. The primary goal of the Proclamation was to weaken the Confederacy by depriving it of its slave labor force.

Answer 3

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