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What did the Emancipation Proclamation of 1 January 1863 declare?
AFreedom for slaves in the border states
BAn end to the blockade of southern ports
CFreedom for slaves in the rebelling states
DA pardon for all Confederate officers
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Freedom for slaves in the rebelling states
1. Lincoln issued the Proclamation on 1 January 1863, in the middle of the fighting.
2. It freed the slaves in the rebelling states and invited them to join the armed forces of the north.
3. Abolition of slavery thereby became an objective of the war alongside saving the Union.
4. The border states that stayed loyal were not the subject of that proclamation.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section THE TIDE PEAKS AND EBBS_
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