that's only about rebel states:
all slaves held "within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States" will be freed.
Edit: good point, I misread that. Hah.
Anyway, it's still interesting to see how late this came about, after several years of war, for it to be the main reason for the war.
Edit (again): having re-read that again it definitely sounds like it's only against rebel states.
So if that's all you have then yes, that's nothing about non-rebel states.
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