LAD #20

The Emancipation Proclamation was the act in which Lincoln freed all the slaves in the rebelling states. The act helped strengthen foreign relations and Lincoln hoped that by freeing the slaves they would revolt against the South and join the union in their battle against them. Lincoln stated how anyone who opposed the idea of the proclamation and continued to support slavery would be confronted with the force of the union army until this Civil War concluded. He states how the southern states still represented in Congress would be overlooked as part of the rebellion, but the others would be forced to pay the consequences. Lincoln then continues his act by listing the states currently in rebellion against the union and concludes by saying how all the slaves in the rebelling states are now free.