Chapter 17 Section 1

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Chapter 17 Section 1

• The Emancipation Proclamation

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Emancipate

• Means to free

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The Emancipation Proclamation

• January 1, 1863
• Lincoln declared slaves to be
• freed in Confederate states only
• Not the border states!
• Didnt feel the Constitution gave him the
  authority to free all slaves
• Only as a military action against his enemy, as
  Commander-in-Chief of the military

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Commander-in-Chief

• The President is commander of all the armed
  forces

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The Emancipation Proclamation

• Why not the border states?
• They were slave states, but still in the Union,
  Lincoln didnt want to make them mad and lose
  their support

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The Emancipation Proclamation

• Why Lincoln did it this way?
• This was a military strategy to try to weaken the
  South
• Slaves would be able to get to safe places behind
  Union Army protection
• Get more people to join the Union army against
  the South (including African Americans)

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Liberation

• The act of setting someone free

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The Emancipation Proclamation

• Response to the proclamation
• Abolitionists happy- slaves finally free
• Northern Democrats angered- thought it would only
  prolong the war- not help settle it
• Union soldiers happy- anything that weakens their
  enemy is good
• White Southerners angered- attempted to keep
  slaves and keep them
• from getting the information

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Fighting for Freedom

• How did African-Americans help the Union?
• They joined the Union army
• 166 regiments, led by white officers
• Approximately 180,000
• African-American soldiers served
• They were paid less
• Wanted to destroy slavery
• Gain respect and prove they are equal
• Many of the white officers began to believe in
  their equality after fighting with these soldiers

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The 54th Massachusetts

• One of the first African-American regiments
  formed
• Included two sons of Frederick Douglas
• Led a heroic attack on Fort Wagner in S.C.
• Made them famous and increased African-American
  enlistment

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Change

• The Emancipation Proclamation was a sign that
  great change in society was taking place in the
  North and the South.