Quick review
What is it?
The emancipation Proclamation is a historical document that helped to free all the slaves not under Union control.
Turning Point?
This is a turning point in history because there are no more slaves today and now all blacks are free and equal. Also it gave blacks the right to enroll in the union forces.
Were all the slaves free immediately?
NO. Not all the slaves were immediately free because only the slaves in the south where free.Quote by Lincoln, “all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of the State, the people where of shall be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free.”