Question

President Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation after

Answer 1

He issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Confederate states seceded from the United States to fight for slavery.

Answer 2

Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation. One month later, after the qualified Union victory in the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation warning that in all states still in rebellion on January 1, 1863, he would declare their slaves “then, thenceforward, and forever free.”