the Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves on American soil immediately
Was your history education that poor?
*in the slave states
Good to see this forum is as pedantic as ever. My point is that the Emancipation Proclamation is an example of a piece of policy that had a more-or-less instantaneous effect and one which would have no direct carry-over into any subsequent administration.
They were a separate country. The Emancipation Proclamation did nothing outside of keeping the British out of the war.
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