Which best describes how Southern slaveholders reacted to the Emancipation Proclamation?

The Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people in areas still rebelling against the Union to be free, a policy Southern slaveholders strongly opposed. They were furious because it threatened slavery and the labor system on which their wealth depended. It did not cause them to free enslaved people voluntarily or join the Union army.

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