Emancipation Proclamation Perspectives and Consequences

Areas affected by the Proclamation

Predictions How will border states react? How will abolitionists react? How will the Confederacy react? How will the war change because of this?

Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation All slaves in rebel states were freed. The focus of the war shifted from preservation of the Union to freeing slaves. African Americans were allowed to fight for their freedom. The E.P. paved the way for total abolition in the United States (13th Amendment). The E.P. stopped foreign powers like Britain and France from getting involved in the war.

Perspectives How would this group feel about the Emancipation Proclamation? What would they say to President Lincoln? Northern/Union Southern/Confederate Abolitionist Slave Border States