Freedom is the essences of the United States of America. We are the land of the free. Freedom has been a battle fought for many years in the United States; freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the most significant historic moment being the freedom of those who were enslaved during the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation was the most significant turning point for freedom during the Civil War. Before the Emancipation the war was very different, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued and signified a turning point, and ultimately changed the face of the war from then on. The Emancipation Proclamation was the beginning of the freedom movement. The war changed vastly from the beginning to the end, which shows the Emancipation Proclamation as the pivotal turning point of freedom in United States history.
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After the battle, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued to all states waging war against the Union and declared slaves forever free. “It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal Border States,” per the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration. Although, this did not include the Border States and three Confederate states that were not in rebellion; the proclamation declared roughly 3 million out of the 4 million slaves and indentured servants to be free. The Emancipation Proclamation may not have ended slavery entirely but it was the largest success up until that point toward the freedom effort. The proclamation changed the views and morals of both the Confederate and Union. The proclamation also allowed for the newly freed to serve for the Union’s military. This was the military necessity of the Emancipation Proclamation that worked to crush the Confederacy’s war support foundation and its basic institution. Slavery was coming to end and freedom was on the
The Civil War …show more content…
After the battle, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued to all states waging war against the Union and declared slaves forever free. “It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal Border States,” per the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration. Although, this did not include the Border States and three Confederate states that were not in rebellion; the proclamation declared roughly 3 million out of the 4 million slaves and indentured servants to be free. The Emancipation Proclamation may not have ended slavery entirely but it was the largest success up until that point toward the freedom effort. The proclamation changed the views and morals of both the Confederate and Union. The proclamation also allowed for the newly freed to serve for the Union’s military. This was the military necessity of the Emancipation Proclamation that worked to crush the Confederacy’s war support foundation and its basic institution. Slavery was coming to end and freedom was on the