Why did Union leaders believe the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation would harm the South's ability to wage war?%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AA. %0D%0ABy offering amnesty to Confederate deserters, the Confederate Army would rapidly decrease in size.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AB. %0D%0ABy encouraging slaves to flee North, the Confederacy would lose a key source of labor for the war effort.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AC. %0D%0ABy freeing all slaves held in the United States, the Union hoped to attract more soldiers to its cause.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AD. %0D%0ABy establishing abolition as a goal of the Union, the Union was able to gain the support of Great Britain.

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B. By encouraging slaves to flee North, the Confederacy would lose a key source of labor for the war effort.