d the excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation.
mat on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundrec
nd sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a
ate, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall
en, thenceforward, and forever free.
-Abraham Lincoln
Based on the excerpt, which action did President Abraham Lincoln take?
Select one:
O He allowed slavery to continue in slave states.
He freed slaves in all slave states.
O
He allowed slavery in newly acquired territories.
He freed slaves in all seceded states.

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)

What topic is the excerpt about?

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.

What consequences did this statement have?

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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