Asked by ben hen

What was an effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Many free African-Americans volunteered to fight for the Union.

Enslaved African-Americans in the South were immediately freed.

The South was forced to surrender.

Owning slaves became a crime punishable by death.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Many free African-Americans volunteered to fight for the Union.

The Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863) allowed Black men to join the Union Army and Navy; it did not immediately free all enslaved people in Confederate territory nor make slaveholding a capital crime.