Freedom At
Last
President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by proclamation in
1862, during the Civil War. Despite its immediate effects, the Emancipation
Proclamation didn't change the legal basis of slavery, which could be abolished
only by state action or a constitutional amendment.
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