| 单词 | emancipation proclamation |
| 释义 | Emancipation Proclamation[ ih-man-suh-pey-shuhn prok-luh-mey-shuhn ] / ɪˈmæn səˌpeɪ ʃən ˈprɒk ləˌmeɪ ʃən / noun U.S. History.the proclamation issued by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862, that freed the people held as slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union from January 1, 1863, forward. Words nearby Emancipation Proclamationemanation, emancipate, emancipated, emancipation, emancipationist, Emancipation Proclamation, Emanuel, emarginate, e-marketing, emasculate, emasculation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for Emancipation ProclamationEmancipation Proclamation A proclamation made by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that all slaves under the Confederacy were from then on “forever free.” notes for Emancipation ProclamationIn itself, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free any slaves, because it applied only to rebellious areas that the federal government did not then control. It did not affect the four slave states that stayed in the Union: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. Yet when people say that Lincoln “freed the slaves,” they are referring to the Emancipation Proclamation. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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