In a way, this might be true. The proclamation would only affect the Confederacy, as an act meant to seize resources of the enemies. By freeing slaves in the Confederate states, Lincoln was freeing people he did not exercise direct control over. The way that he explained the Emancipation Proclamation made it qualify for acceptance to a greater fraction of the Union army. He emphasized emancipation as a method of shortening the war. He also took resources of the South and this reduced Confederacy’s strength. The Emancipation Proclamation brought in a climate where the dark cloud of slavery was viewed as one of the vital objectives of the whole war. Overseas, now the North seemed to possess the greatest moral cause (Howell,
In a way, this might be true. The proclamation would only affect the Confederacy, as an act meant to seize resources of the enemies. By freeing slaves in the Confederate states, Lincoln was freeing people he did not exercise direct control over. The way that he explained the Emancipation Proclamation made it qualify for acceptance to a greater fraction of the Union army. He emphasized emancipation as a method of shortening the war. He also took resources of the South and this reduced Confederacy’s strength. The Emancipation Proclamation brought in a climate where the dark cloud of slavery was viewed as one of the vital objectives of the whole war. Overseas, now the North seemed to possess the greatest moral cause (Howell,