Lincoln declared an end to slavery on New Year's Day 1863, but it went on for two mor

[The Patriot]

Lincoln declared an end to slavery on New Year's Day 1863, but it went on for two more years

01-01-2019 09:56 AM

On New Year's morning of 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, decreeing "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious Southern states "are, and henceforward shall be, free." Many abolitionists criticized Lincoln's action as too limited. The proclamation purported to free millions of slaves in the Southern states that had seceded from the Union. It exempted 850,000 slaves in border states and parts of three Southern states that were not in rebellion.


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