One big reason: It gave the North an additional, powerful reason to fight and win the war.
Additional reasons: It gave the Union Army another source of soldiers, and it kept foreign powers from allying with the Confederacy.
<u>Historical context/details</u>:
President Abraham Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation as an executive order on January 1, 1863. The executive order declared freedom for slaves in ten Confederate states in rebellion against the Union. It also allowed that freed slaves could join the Union Army to fight for the cause of reuniting the nation and ending slavery. As summarized by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, "The Proclamation broadened the goals of the Union war effort; it made the eradication of slavery into an explicit Union goal, in addition to the reuniting of the country."
While Lincoln personally was strongly against slavery, he had to tread carefully in his role as president and commander-in-chief. The Emancipation Proclamation was carefully worded in order to retain the support of four border slave states, which remained in the Union though they were states that permitted slavery, were Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, and Kentucky. Lincoln wanted to keep those states loyal to the Union cause.
The Emancipation Proclamation was also a way of blocking foreign support for the Confederate cause. According to the American Battlefield Trust, "Britain and France had considered supporting the Confederacy in order to expand their influence in the Western Hemisphere. However, many Europeans were against slavery." Britain had abolished slavery in its territories in 1833. France had put a final end to slavery in its territories in 1848. So when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, it also served as a foreign policy action to keep European powers out of the US Civil War, according to Steve Jones, professor of history at Southwestern Adventist University.
The protections are : freedom of speech, freedom of unreasonable searches or seizures and right to a trial by jury.
<em>Freedom of speech </em>is granted in the Amendment 1 of the U.S. Constitution, together with the freedom of religion and press. In the Michigan Constitution it is granted in Article 1 paragraph 5: freedom of speech and of press.
<em>Freedom of unreasonable searches or seizures:</em> Amendment 4 of the Bill of Rights and Article 1 paragraph 11 of the Michigan Constitution.
<em>Trial by jury</em> : Amendment 7 ( Rights in Civil Cases ) of the Bill of Rights and Article 1 paragraph 14 of the Michigan Constitution.
The Michigan Constitution was ratified in 1963 and the bill of Rights in 1789.
The rights of crime victims and prohibition on discrimination are stated in the Article I of the Michigan Constitution only.
<span>At one time all these things were important to me. But because of Christ, I decided that they are worth nothing. ERV Easy-to-Read-Version
When you are not a Christian, you have all these worries and fears that you have to take care of. But because you can believe in GOd, he can take care of all your problems. :)
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The term for such an <span>arrangement was called, since this was a way in which many people who otherwise couldn't afford land were able to live.</span>
In general, the British colonial powers were far more willing to engage in diplomatic relations with the Native Americans than both the Spanish and French colonial powers.
