# Did the Emancipation Proclamation actually result in freed slaves at the time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-emancipation-proclamation-actually-result-in-freed-slaves-at-the-time/793975>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 18, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-emancipation-proclamation-actually-result-in-freed-slaves-at-the-time/793975 "2017-08-18T13:43:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-emancipation-proclamation-actually-result-in-freed-slaves-at-the-time/793975/21 "2017-08-19T04:23:22Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> I thought you were responding to the last sentence in **Reality Chuck’s** post. It wasn’t really clear which part of his post you were replying to.

Ok.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-emancipation-proclamation-actually-result-in-freed-slaves-at-the-time/793975/22 "2017-08-19T04:24:28Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Did you read my post or DinoR’s? We explained how thousands of slaves were freed on the day the Proclamation went into effect.

Or mine.

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