Emancipation_Proclamation__From_Slaves_To_African_American

Emancipation Proclamation: From Slaves To African American The emancipation of the slaves in 1863 did not free African Americans at that time, and today many of us are still in the search of freedom in more ways then one. In the fall of 1862, after the Union Army victory at Antietam, President Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation, warning that on January 1, 1863, he would free all the slaves still in rebellion. This preliminary proclamation set the stage for the emancipation of the slaves. But due to the Dred Scott decision, which clouded the intent of the proclamation, neither President Lincoln nor Congress knew exactly the constitutional powers they had in freeing the slaves. African American students are subjected to the belief that President Lincoln and the Democratic Party so loved them, and felt their pain; the Union would fight for their freedom because the slaves could not do it for themselves. President Lincoln and the Union Army of the North did not enter into the war with freeing slaves on their minds; instead the president was mostly interested in preserving the Union. At the time the South held a disproportionate amount of the wealth of the country. Moreover, the federal government had no way to slaves, ex-slaves, proclamation, emancipation, americans, union, time, president, one, lincoln, free, year, same, north, new, freedom, african, 1863, work, until, today, survival, stayed, shelter, prisoners, plantation, made, left, just, however, group, food, been, because, back, army