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.
Whether reporters should point out in stories when sources are saying things that are demonstrably false
<span>The </span>Fall of the Western Roman Empire<span> (commonly
known as </span>Fall of the Roman Empire<span> or </span>Fall
of Rome) was the period of decline in the Western Roman Empire in which it disintegrated and split
into numerous successor states. By 476 CE, when Odoacer deposed the Emperor Romulus, the Western Roman Empire wielded negligible military,
political, or financial power and had no effective control over the scattered
Western domains that could still be described as Roman. Invading
"barbarians" had established their own polities on most of the area
of the Western Empire. While its legitimacy lasted for centuries longer and its
cultural influence remains today, the Western Empire never had the strength to
rise again.
Answer:
Yes they could have became citizens of Rome and Athens because the law changed sooner than later.
Explanation:
That law was relaxed as well as time went on; for example, children of freed slaves could apply to become citizens. Even if both parents were Roman citizens, children had no rights. Boys of Roman citizens went though a ceremony when they were 16 or 17, depending upon how close their birthday was to March 17th, and at that time became citizens of Rome with full benefits.
