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title: "What was the purpose of issuing the Emancipation Proclamation when the U.S. government was not able to enforce it?"  
description: "What was the purpose of issuing the Emancipation Proclamation when the U.S. government was not able to enforce it?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-05-16  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42551/what-was-the-purpose-of-issuing-the-emancipation-proclamation-when-the-u-s-government-was-not-able-to-enforce-it  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the purpose of issuing the Emancipation Proclamation when the U.S. government was not able to enforce it?

What was the purpose of issuing the [Emancipation Proclamation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34871/which-president-wrote-the-emancipation-proclamation) when the U.S. [government](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51300/what-are-the-4-theories-of-government) was not able to enforce it?\
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