Summary: The Emancipation firstly asserts that all black slaves in the rebellious Southern states shall forever be free. All citizens, including military and navy officials, will recognize it. The document includes a list of states to whom the proclamation applies. The following States: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia were all declared free states by the document. Lincoln used the Emancipation Proclamation to disillusion the Confederacy's European supporters, demoralize the Confederates and turn the war into a righteous cause. Lincoln used the recent battle of Antietam, in which the Union scored an indecisive victory, as leverage to issue such a proclamation. Lincoln was careful not to offend the border states while writing this document.
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