What did the emancipation proclamation accomplish?

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863, during the Civil War, provided for the permanent release of all slaves fleeing southern war zones and slaves working in territories occupied by the northern armed forces.

The declaration was limited to the territories of the ten states of the Confederation but not to the entire United States, and thus did not in itself completely abolish slavery, that continued in other areas of the United States. The declaration promised liberated African-American men the right to join the Union Army and Navy, and by the end of the war nearly 200,000 African-Americans are believed to have fought on the side of the Union.

some women in the middle and upper classes worked as doctors, government officials, or priestesses. both women and men enjoyed a better quality of life the higher they were on the social pyramid. the egyptians believed that their class system created a stable, well-ordered society. each group had its own role to play.

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