Answer: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."Apr 17, 2019
Rural life was much more lonely and often times involved close knitt communities of farmers while urban life was much more broad and offered a greater amount of jobs and people.
