The Emancipation Proclamation ________.

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The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the Confederate states that had seceded from the Union at the time. It did not apply to slaves in the border states or in Union territories. Additionally, the Proclamation did not actually free any slaves, as it was a military order that could only be enforced in areas of the country that were not under Union control. Its main purpose was to weaken the Confederacy by depriving it of its primary source of labor.