The Emancipation Proclamation

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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, and it declared that all slaves in the areas that had seceded from the United States and were in rebellion against the Union were to be freed. This meant that it applied to slaves in Confederate states, not Union states, and did not affect slaves in the border states or national territories that remained loyal to the Union. Therefore, the correct choice is C.