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Emancipation

States covered by the Emancipation Proclamation

States covered by the Emancipation Proclamation

Areas covered by the Emancipation Proclamation are shown in red. Slaveholding areas not covered are shown in blue.

The map shows that the Emancipation Proclamation covered the entirety of of Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, as well the majority of Louisiana and Virginia. The Emancipation Proclamation did not cover 13 parishes in southeast Louisiana or eight counties in southeast Virginia. It also did not cover the entirety of Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.

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