Why Is The Emancipation Proclamation Wrong

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During the Civil War, President Lincoln announced freeing all enslaved people in the confederate states. President Lincoln felt that slavery was evil to all involved. It was just wrong to do. On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln made an announcement that slaves would be free within 100 days. On January 1, 1863, the final Emancipation Proclamation was issued and it said “that all persons held as slaves” shall be free. People were freed and guaranteed to be treated like the white people were treated. There were 3.1 million slaves freed of 4 million. The Emancipation Proclamation was a good step to abolish slavery altogether. When the 13th Amendment was passed, that helped to end slavery for good in the the United States. These laws allowed