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The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect.

1863

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The Emancipation Proclamation is first a military and economic strategy that is focused on enabling African-Americans to enlist in the Union to fight against the secession of the South. This changes the federal legal status of more than three million enslaved people by ending chattel slavery in the U.S. It also establishes an economic and cultural divide between the North and South.