Actually the Emancipation did not apply to any of the states that had not seceded. Border states such as Maryland West Virginia Kentucky and Missouri as well as Washington D.C. were allowed to continue to practice slavery. For them slavery would not end until the passage of the 13th Amendment more than two years later.
Did the Emancipation Proclamation apply to all the union states?
March 18th, 2019 admin
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