Here's the thing: President Lincoln had absolutely no way to actually enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a mere gesture.
Now, he had his reasons for making such a gesture.
For one, Lincoln hoped that, when the slaves heard that they had been granted their freedom, the sudden wave of freedmen, as they would come to be called, would help disrupt the war effort.
Perhaps some of these freedmen would join the Union army. That was another small reason.
As for why he didn't extend the Proclamation to the entire country...well, the thing was, he planned to.
Lincoln's greatest ambition was to free the slaves. But even in the North, there existed strong racism. Plus, some Northerners had slaves too, and Lincoln needed the North's support, not only to win the war, but also to support the Thirteenth Amendment he planned to propose after the war ended. This Thirteenth Amendment would make outlaw slavery in the United States forever.
"Bleeding Kansas", this was a fight between North and South over Kansas and Nebraska to be a free or slave state
Three-Fifth Compromise is your answer
In an effort to garner more congressional members, the South came out with the <em>Three-Fifth Compromise</em>, which means that slaves count as 3/5 of a person, which can greatly increase the population of the South.
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It’s completely wrong and disappointing to see such hate in people for no reason. It’s disgusting how people can just get away with it.
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April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865
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