Documents Emancipation Proclamation

1. Emancipation Proclamation 2. Abolitionists pressured Lincoln to free the slaves.After theBattle of Antietam , he announced that the slaves would be freed.Became effective…

Documents Chapter 16 A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865 (c) 2003 Wadsworth Group All rights reserved.

Chapter 16 A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865 (c) 2003 Wadsworth Group All rights reserved Slavery & the Civil War Confederacy wanted to keep slavery out of the war -…