Which of the following best characterizes the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

The Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people free in areas still in rebellion against the United States. It did not apply to loyal border states or places already under Union control, so it did not free everyone in the North and South. The best choice is that it freed enslaved people in the states that had seceded.

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