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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Q: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Freed the slaves · Freed slaves in the Confederacy · Freed slaves in the Confederate states · Freed slaves in most Southern states — Topic: American History — 1800s. USCIS accepts any one of the answers listed below.

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Freed the slaves
Freed slaves in the Confederacy
Freed slaves in the Confederate states
Freed slaves in most Southern states

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Topic: American History — 1800s.

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