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What freed all slaves in southern states under Union control?

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What freed all slaves in southern states under Union control?

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It was the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution on 18 December 1865. The Emancipation Proclomation was an Executive Order and did not free slaves under Union control, only those areas and states that were under the control of the Confederacy.

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