The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, declared free only those enslaved people who lived in:
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Correct answer: States or parts of states still in rebellion against the United States
Lincoln issued the proclamation as a 'fit and necessary war measure.' It intentionally excluded the Border States to prevent their secession and focused on the rebelling states to weaken the Confederate workforce.
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