According to the excerpt, President Abraham Lincoln declared the freedom of slaves in all states that had declared themselves separatist from the United States (option D)
The excerpt refers to the declaration that Abraham Lincoln made so that all slaves who were in the breakaway states of the United States declared themselves free from the first day of the year 1863.
These statements increased the conflict that existed between the confederate states and the union during the American civil war that had been initiated by differences of thought regarding the subject of slavery.
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