Home› Welcome to the FamilySearch Community!› Blog Comments EN

What Did the Emancipation Proclamation Do? • • FamilySearch Blog

System
System admin
April 23 edited April 23 in Blog Comments EN
imageWhat Did the Emancipation Proclamation Do? • • FamilySearch Blog

The Emancipation Proclamation declared slavery illegal in all Confederate states, but were the slaves really freed? Learn more about its impact here.

Read the full story here

0

Comments

  • NethShelley
    NethShelley ✭
    April 23

    I have already, unfortunately, found a slave owning and slave trading 4th great granfather. Now how do I find the descendants of his slaves?

    0
Clear
No Groups Found

Categories

  • 27.2K All Categories
  • 21.8K FamilySearch Help
  • 106 Get Involved
  • 2.5K General Questions
  • 405 FamilySearch Center
  • 410 FamilySearch Account
  • 3.9K Family Tree
  • 3K Search
  • 4.3K Indexing
  • 555 Memories
  • 5.8K Temple
  • 291 Other Languages
  • 32 Community News
  • 6.2K Suggest an Idea
  • Groups