Read the passage Primary Sources: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Primary Sources: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Then answer the questions below.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. What is the MOST relevant context from that time for understanding this document?
What did Lincoln declare in the Emancipation Proclamation? Select two correct answers.
Drag the items to the correct box to identify which people the Emancipation Proclamation freed.
an enslaved person living in part of Virginia that was not West Virginia
an enslaved person living in West Virginia
an enslaved person living in South Carolina
an enslaved person living in Maryland
Freed by the Emancipation Proclamation
Not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation