" This Was A Tuff Question " !!

This Is The Answer I Have ~

New Year's Day in 1863 marked the beginning of freedom for slaves
in the United States.
On this day, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
thereby freeing ... well, absolutely no one.

The document made free all the slaves in any area still at war with the North.
Unfortunately, those states - as evidenced by the fact that they were, ya
know, fighting a war with the North at the time - weren't exactly doing what
the North wanted.
However, the document changed the purpose of the war in the eyes of many.
No longer was it a war of secession versus unification, it was now also a war
of pro-slavery versus anti-slavery, impacting both domestic and foreign
sentiment and effectively ending international aid for the South.

Hugs XXX

Undoubtably we were all taught this while in school. Yet all I can remember is that the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves. Thats it. So thank you Barbara for the refresher course today.

Thanks Barb... Yrod, I'm with you. I feel fortunate to even remember what the Emancipation Proclamation is.
I 'm terrible with dates and probably forgot this one as soon as I finished that history class!!!