KnowraEmancipation ProclamationLinked fromLinked fromThe 47 pages that link to Emancipation Proclamation, each with the reason it gives.All 47Broader topic 10Related 30Narrower topic 1Compared with 6American Civil WarBroader topic: It made emancipation an explicit Union war aim and authorized Black enlistment.Slavery in the United StatesBroader topic: It advanced emancipation during the Civil War but did not itself abolish slavery nationwide.Abolitionism in the United StatesBroader topic: It made emancipation a stated Union war aim, though it did not free everyone enslaved.African-American historyBroader topic: It made emancipation a Union war aim and transformed the meaning of freedom during the Civil War.Chattel slaveryBroader topic: It made emancipation a stated Union war aim, though it did not immediately free everyone enslaved.SlaveryBroader topic: It marked a wartime turning point in the legal destruction of slavery in the United States.EmancipationBroader topic: It made emancipation a Union war measure, though it did not free everyone immediately.Executive orderBroader topic: It illustrates how presidential directives can rely on wartime powers, though it was a proclamation.Legal reformBroader topic: It illustrates a major legal change whose reach depended on wartime authority and later enforcement.History of slaveryBroader topic: It made emancipation a stated Union war aim without immediately ending slavery everywhere.