Answer:
It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten Confederate states still in rebellion. It also decreed that freed slaves could be enlisted in the Union Army, thereby increasing the Union's available manpower.
So I'm guessing D or B.
Slaves were what brought in the money. through their work is what brought gold, therefore they’re more important or valuable. without them gold or product and success would’ve been out of the question, unless the masters did the work themselves.
It's, "We hold these truths to be self-evident "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed "by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, "that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit "of Happiness.