[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I'm also aware that it was a war measure which didn't free any slaves.

You're wrong. About 20,000, in US controlled areas of North Carolina and on the Sea Islands of South Carolina were immediately affected. And of course as the war went on, millions more were freed under its terms.

You didn't answer my question: Freedom for whom?

Everyone, including slaves. What's your point?

[southernsunshine]

You're wrong. About 20,000, in US controlled areas of North Carolina and on the Sea Islands of South Carolina were immediately affected. And of course as the war went on, millions more were freed under its terms.

Read the thoughts of Lincoln's contemporaries on this, including the legal aspects of it.

Everyone, including slaves. What's your point?

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