Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamton declared  "forever free" slaves in those Confederate states still in rebellion. Border states and conquered areas in the south not affected.  Where Lincoln could free the slaves- in the loyal Border states- he refused to do so, and where he could not- in the Confederate states- he tried to do so. Thus emancipation proclamation was stronger on the proclamation that emancipation. Lincoln strenghtened the moral cause of the union.  The Proclamation also removed any chance of negotiated settlement. Made southerners mad. Black men wanted to fight now that there was talk about emancipation.