Answer:
These are my own words (this took a while)
Explanation:
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Zachary Taylor was the 12 president.
They lost everything they owned.
Answer:
Through elections...I'm pretty sure this is the answer you are looking for?
The Seneca Falls Declaration:)
