If I can save the union and free all of the slaves, I will do that;
if I can save the union and free some of the slaves, I will do that;
if I can save the union and free none of the slaves, I will do that.
-Lincoln
The emancipation proclamation didn't free a single northern slave. It was a political move that had absolutely no legal bearing which purported to "free" southern slaves, so that they would be more likely to revolt.
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