In what way was the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation an attempt to hurt the war effort of the Confederacy? A)
By offering amnesty to Confederate deserters, the Confederate Army would
rapidly decrease in size.
B)
By encouraging slaves to flee North, the Confederacy would lose a key
source of labor for the war effort.
C)
By freeing all slaves held in the United States, the Union hoped to attract
more soldiers to its cause.
D)
By establishing abolition as a goal of the Union, the Union was able to gain
the support of Great Britain.