'EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION'                                                      The emancipation proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, declaring all 'slaves within any State, or designated part of a State... then... in rebellion,... shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.' The states affected were enumerated in the proclamation; specifically exempted were slaves in parts of the South then held by Union armies. Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation marked a radical change in his policy.         …showed first 75 words of 348 total…

…showed last 75 words of 348 total…the states deemed in rebellion at that time. On January 1, 1863 he issued the Emancipation proclamation, conferring liberty on about 3,120,000 slaves. With the enactment of the 13th ammendment to the U.S. Constitution in effect in 1865, slavery was completely abolished.         The results of the Emancipation Proclamation were far-reahcing. From then on, sympathy with the Confederacy was identified with support of slavery.         As further result of the proclamation, the Republican party became unified in principle and i