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| Emancipation Proclamation |
The Emancipation Proclamation declares two things. One, it states that any black persons that are held as slaves in Souther States are to be declared "forever free" and are to be respected and this will be in forced by the military. Second, it provides a list with all the states that must abide by this. Although there are some regions that don't have to follow this the states that do are Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Lincoln says that within these territories that Black slaves are to be free and their rights will be fully maintained in the North.
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