Use the quote below to answer the question. that on the first day of january, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free . . —emancipation proclamation, 1863 what aspect of the emancipation proclamation caused some to believe it was more focused on protecting the union rather than freeing slaves? a. it was promoted without any support from republican lawmakers. b. it did not go into effect until after the end of the civil war. c. it forced freed slaves to remain in the southern states. d. it allowed the border states to maintain ownership of their slaves.