Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln the emancipation proclamation
A declaration made by the most powerful man on the earth allowed almost three million
slaves of the USA to live a life of their choice. Nobody was aware of the fact that this one
announcement will change the history of the USA forever and make it one of the fairest and
strongest democracies in the world. This was the fateful day of January one 1863. Late
President Abraham Lincoln declared that the practice of slavery is illegal in the USA.
Now, this declaration raises one very serious question if the rest of the United States was free
at that point in time, then why slavery was still in practice. Prior to giving an answer to this
question, we would like to raise another question. The official denouncement of the slavery
was enough to evaporate the stink of the colonial hangover from the psychology of the
residents of the free USA or it was only a token or an announcement to discourage the
opponents that were forcing a civil war on the country.
The answer to the above two questions lies under the definition of this term emancipation,
emancipation is different from freedom. We can also say that freedom is a thought process;
however, emancipation is a deeply rooted concept. Freedom gives you a right to fly freely in
the sky; emancipation, on the other hand, gives you a concrete base where you can enjoy your
freedom to the fullest. It is true that freedom allows a person to live a life of choice.
However, in the final count, it is the emancipation that matters most.
Three points of the proclamation speech of Abraham Lincoln gives us an indication that it
was freedom along with an attempt to introduce emancipation. In this speech, President
Lincoln requested all the slaves to work freely, serve honestly and charge optimum wages