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Control of the Border States allowed emancipation
to be used as a tool against the Confederacy
through "property" confiscation, the use
of freedmen in the armed forces and, ultimately
through the demoralization of Johnny Reb and his
Confederate supporters.
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The fact
that slaves were already emancipating themselves
presented an opportunity for the Lincoln
administration to use for the Union’s benefit by
issuing a presidential proclamation ending slavery
in those areas of rebellion.
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Pressure
from abolitionists and Lincoln’s own convictions
to bring the slave states in line with the
principle in the Declaration of Independence that
all men are created equal.
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Since emancipation was popular with the British working
class, the policy helped convince the British government not to
recognize the Confederacy diplomatically.
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The Lincoln administration and the
Republican-controlled Congress had been chipping away at the
institution of slavery since the beginning of the war, and the
Emancipation Proclamation was a logical next step in that process.
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An Introduction to the Emancipation Proclamation Activity...
