What was the emancipation proclamation unable to accomplish?
The Emancipation Proclamation had little immediate impact; it freed slaves only in the Confederate states, while leaving slavery intact in the border states. And, moreover, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory. It was, therefore, UNABLE TO FREE SLAVES IN THE SOUTH until there was complete military victory. Please reference: http://thomaslegion.net/war.
The emancipation was unable to accomplish the task of freeing the slaves until after the Civil War because the Southerners did not follow the Emancipation and it was only supposed to release the slaves south of the Mason-Dixon line (or all of the slaves in the South) if you’re curious to know why he didn’t free the slaves in the north it’s because of the border states that still had slaves that he didn’t want to lose. Oh and the emancipation proclamation was written right after the bloodiest battle on American soil :Antietam.
