[workerbee]

Well, I’m no scholar on the question, but as I understand it, the Emancipation Proc actually listed certain states that were “slavery free.” I’ll guess Illinois was not one..?

[jjotto]

Only slaves in the ten seceding states were freed. It did not outlaw slavery or make freed slaves citizens.

[Repeal The 17th]

“...When did Lincoln end slavery in his home state of Illinois...?
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He never did.
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The preliminary version of the emancipation proclamation in September 1862 ordered the emancipation of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863.

None of them returned.

The final proclamation of January 1863 applied to any of the Confederate States except where the union had already regained control.

Lee surrendered at Appomattox in April 9, 1865.

Lincoln was killed on April 15, 1865.

Slavery was not illegal in the U.S. until passage of the 13th amendment in December 1865.