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MetallicaRose: 3 months ago

How did the emancipation proclamation begin?

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millicentmach: 3 months ago

The proclamation began when many slaves fled to unite with the Northern militias. It is when President Abraham Lincoln got convinced that abolition had resulted to a sound military approach and a morally correct path. Soon after the Union victory at Antietam, he gave out a preliminary proclamation. Read more on http://www.history.com/topics/emancipation-proclamation.

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