<P> The Proclamation applied in the ten states that were still in rebellion in 1863 , and thus did not cover the nearly 500,000 slaves in the slave - holding border states ( Missouri , Kentucky , Maryland or Delaware ) which were Union states . Those slaves were freed by later separate state and federal actions . </P>
<P> The Proclamation applied in the ten states that were still in rebellion in 1863 , and thus did not cover the nearly 500,000 slaves in the slave - holding border states ( Missouri , Kentucky , Maryland or Delaware ) which were Union states . Those slaves were freed by later separate state and federal actions . </P>
what states were affected by the emancipation proclamation
what states were affected by the emancipation proclamation
the ten states that were still in rebellion in 1863
the ten states that were still in rebellion in 1863