the preliminary emancipation Proclamation stated that the southern states could keep slavery if

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Nico Leon

13 February, 11:31

the preliminary emancipation Proclamation stated that the southern states could keep slavery if

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the preliminary emancipation Proclamation stated that the southern states could keep slavery if they rejoined the union

Right after the preminary emancipation, the fedral legal status of 3 million slaves in the southern states were changed, but the proclamation did not applicate to the states that were not seceeding.