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The Emancipation Proclamation only applied to areas that were under Confederate control.

It really didn't free the slaves anywhere where the United States at that point had any jurisdiction to free the slaves.

So, you know, it is more of a diplomatic kind of psychological document.

But Lincoln believed that if this was issued, as one historian years later commented,

that the slaves weren't going to read the fine print.

And he believed that there would be massive runaways from these plantations in the south,

that the word would get around in the enslaved communities and that people would bolt and head

for the nearest Union Army.

This is the fourth pail of water that we've dipped out of the ocean of the Civil War,

meaning this is part four of our series.

We've covered some ground, and I've enjoyed every step,

but it's time to learn about the Emancipation Proclamation

and how it was a huge gamble for Lincoln, but would be one of the

most consequential war acts of the American Civil War.

But how could this seemingly moral proclamation devastate the Confederates?

We're about to find out together.

And hey guys, as my wife, Misty says, it's a Civil War summer on

Bear Greece. Join me as I explore things that I have never known. I really doubt that you're

going to want to miss this one. My name is Clay Newcomb, and this is the Bear Grease podcast where we'll explore things forgotten but relevant, search for insight in unlikely places, and where we'll tell the story of Americans who live their lives close to the land.

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