The Emancipation Proclamation declares two primary things. Firstly, it requires that any black persons currently bound by the institution of slavery in the Southern states is to be forever free in the Northern Union and that they are to be fully respected and deemed as such by military personnel. Secondly, it provides a list of states in which this proclamation applies. Although some regions throughout Louisiana and Virginia (such as New Orleans) do not have to comply to the contents of the legislation, a list of states composed of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia must adhere to the proclamation. In these regions, claims Lincoln, the slaves once indebted to the institution of slavery are now fully freed of servitude and have rights to be fully maintained in the North.
Monday, November 21, 2011
LAD #20: Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation declares two primary things. Firstly, it requires that any black persons currently bound by the institution of slavery in the Southern states is to be forever free in the Northern Union and that they are to be fully respected and deemed as such by military personnel. Secondly, it provides a list of states in which this proclamation applies. Although some regions throughout Louisiana and Virginia (such as New Orleans) do not have to comply to the contents of the legislation, a list of states composed of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia must adhere to the proclamation. In these regions, claims Lincoln, the slaves once indebted to the institution of slavery are now fully freed of servitude and have rights to be fully maintained in the North.
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