1 Place the sweet potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet lined with foil. 2  Bake until tender, about 45 minutes. 3  Make a slit in the top of each sweet potato. 4  Top with 1 tablespoon of butter and season with the salt and pepper.
The Emancipation Proclamation also allowed for the enrollment of freed slaves into the United States military. During the war nearly 200,000 blacks, most of them ex-slaves, joined the Union Army.
On Jan. 1, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declared free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government.This Emancipation Proclamation actually freed few people.It did not apply to slaves in border states fighting on the Union side; nor did it affect slaves in southern areas already under Union control. Naturally, the states in rebellion did not act on Lincoln's order.his Emancipation Proclamation actually freed few people. It did not apply to slaves in border states fighting on the Union side; nor did it affect slaves in southern areas already under Union control. Naturally, the states in rebellion did not act on Lincoln's order.