What did the emancipation proclamation state ?
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The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. It declared that all slaves in the Confederate states were to be set free. It specifically stated that "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." The Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free all slaves, as it only applied to Confederate states and did not free slaves in border states that remained loyal to the Union. However, it marked a significant step towards the eventual abolition of slavery in the United States.