60-Second Civics: Episode 4113, Northern Reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, only applied to the Confederacy and did not actually free most slaves in the South, but it did have a powerful symbolic effect and increased diplomatic support for the Union.
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