LAD #20: Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation makes two things certain. First, it states that any black people held as slaves in the Southern states in rebellion to the Union are now declared free in the Union. They are to be respected. Second, the Proclamation declares a list of states to which it applies. According to the document, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia are all states in rebellion. Lincoln declared the slaves within these territories to be regarded as free with fully maintained rights.