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How was it possible that Abraham Lincoln, the Union president, could emancipate the slaves in the Confederacy?
Q. If Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States, how was it possible that his Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in a different country (the Confederacy)? Wouldn't that be saying for example, the president of Canada saying all Americans have a right to shoplifting, and all of a sudden, we are allowed to steal from stores? I just don't get how it's possible for the President of one country to make one statement that changes the other country. Like how is that possible? Thanks, Eric
Asked by magicman15k - Sat Jan 2 19:16:56 2010 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It's a little difficult, but Lincoln could and could not emancipate the slaves in the Confederacy. He could in that the South, though having declared itself independent of the rest of the nation, was not yet independent of the rest of the nation. Remember, they were fighting a war of independence. It's one thing to declare yourself independent of your parent nation, it's something else entirely to be independent. As a nation the US did not become independent of the rest of the British Empire when it declared it's independence. It had to win the war to make that declaration true. Unless the parent nation willingly let's the new nation go when it declares it's independence, then the new nation must fight and win a war of independence in… [cont.]
Answered by knight1192a - Sat Jan 2 20:18:09 2010