LAD 17: Emancipation Proclamation

On January 1, 1863, Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation which banned slavery in the states that had seceded. Although it did not free slaves on the border states i.e Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware or the southern states under Union control. Lincoln used his executive power under the Constitution to declare the Emancipation Proclamation even though it wa not followed.