LAD #20

Summary of the Emancipation Proclamation:

On September 22nd, 1862 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. He decided that all slaves, in the states rebelling against the United States, were from January 1st, 1863 forward, going to be free. The Executive Branch, the army, and the navy would all stand by this and maintain the new freedoms of the slaves. He goes on to list all of the states that this pertains to: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. He tells the states that their slaves are now free. He concludes by telling these newly freed slaves to be careful and avoid trouble 

and violence.