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On September 22 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, in which he declared that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in states in rebellion against the Union shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free..
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on September 2, 1862 after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam.It was finally signed on January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Declaration did not free all the slaves but it is vital because it did free a large amount of slaves.he proclamation declared forever free slaves that were in the Confederacy, or rebel held territories. that did not include the states in the Confederacy under Union control which were Tennessee, western Virginia, and southern Louisiana.