The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freed:
A)all American slaves.
B)all slaves in the North.
C)slaves in the border states.
D)slaves that had joined the Union Army.
E)all slaves within rebel territory.

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The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, declared that all slaves in Confederate states not under Union control as of January 1, 1863, would be freed. This effectively meant slaves within rebel territory were to be emancipated.

The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Freed