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1. It freed the slaves only in the seceded Southern states. But, it did not free the slaves in the Border States. Lincoln specifically made this point because he did not want to anger the Border States and make them join the South.2. The South considered itself a separate nation from the North. In order for the Proclamation to go into effect, the North would have to win the war.3. Also, there were legal issues tied to the Proclamation. Did Lincoln actually have the authority to free the slaves? The short answer is, "No." The Constitution at the time did support slavery. A president cannot simply make a proclamation and undue the Constitution. This fact would be evidenced by the 13th Amendment right after the war, which freed the slaves. If the Proclamation had legally freed the slaves, there would've been no need for Amendment 13.
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