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And lo, interesting facts are found.
James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. Through his appeasements to preserve the Union over the issue of slavery, he prevented the acquisition of the territory of Cuba by the U.S. as it would have upset the balance of slave states and non-slave states. By the end of his presidency he had lost the support of states on both sides of the slavery issue and the Democratic party had split into Northern Democrats and Southern Democrats making it possible for the Republican candidate, Lincoln, who was not on the ballot in the southern states, to be elected.
The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves, only those in areas not under the control of the Union. If the armies of the Union had already captured your land and you had slaves they remained your slaves. If you still had an elected representative in the Congress and were a slave owner, as was the case in Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and New Jersey, they still remained your slaves. It wasn’t until the 13th Amendment that slavery officially was abolished.
James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. Through his appeasements to preserve the Union over the issue of slavery, he prevented the acquisition of the territory of Cuba by the U.S. as it would have upset the balance of slave states and non-slave states. By the end of his presidency he had lost the support of states on both sides of the slavery issue and the Democratic party had split into Northern Democrats and Southern Democrats making it possible for the Republican candidate, Lincoln, who was not on the ballot in the southern states, to be elected.
The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves, only those in areas not under the control of the Union. If the armies of the Union had already captured your land and you had slaves they remained your slaves. If you still had an elected representative in the Congress and were a slave owner, as was the case in Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and New Jersey, they still remained your slaves. It wasn’t until the 13th Amendment that slavery officially was abolished.
