Why were slaves were freed twice? First by the Emancipation Proclamation, and then AGAIN by the 13th Amendment?
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Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the Confederate States of America. 13th Amendment was for all states, though only Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and New Jersey still allowed it by that time.
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To make the message clear
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The Proclamation was a martial-law measure, only good until the war ended.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was only a military measure to free slaves in the south. So to disrupt the south's economy.
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