In what way did the Emancipation Proclamation affect the labor force of the South?
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Correct answer: It led to a general strike and the mass desertion of enslaved workers from plantations
The news of the proclamation spread through the 'grapevine telegraph.' It encouraged enslaved people to stop working or escape, crippling the Southern economy that supported the Confederate army.
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