HISTOR EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

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In April 1861, shortly after the inauguration of President , the began between the Union and Confederate forces. The Confederate States had seceded from the Union. One of their primary reasons for doing this was because they believed in the states’ rights to uphold slavery. The Confederacy was eventually comprised of 11 slave-holding states. Although slavery was a central Map of the United States during cause of the war, it was just one of several complex the Civil War causes that contributed to the rise of the war.

In January 1862, the Republican Leader of the House, , argued that the Union should consider emancipation of slaves. He looked at this as a tactic of war, saying that freeing the slaves would eliminate the free labor that the rebel economy depended on. Congress took several actions in 1862 to try to decrease slavery. On March 13th, Congress approved a law that forbade officers to return runaway slaves to their owners. This contradicted the Fugitive Slave Act of 1853. The following month, Congress stated that the federal government would pay slave owners who were willing to free their slaves. On June 19th, Congress passed another law that prohibited slavery in all United States territories. In July, the Confiscation Act of 1862 was signed. This allowed for slaves of convicted rebels to be freed as well as slaves who escaped to Union lines.

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Abolitionists – From at least 1688, there were abolitionists in the United States who advocated for slavery to be dissolved. The height of the abolitionist movement occurred in the years prior and during the Civil War. The most famous abolitionists included , Sojourner Truth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, , and .

Abraham Lincoln – As the 16th president of the United States, he led the country through the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Frederick Douglass His executive actions were largely responsible for the abolition of slavery. photo -1- © Clark Creative Education