the Emancipation Proclamation
/ði ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃn prɒkləmeɪʃn/
/ði ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃn prɑːkləmeɪʃn/
- the statement made by President Abraham Lincoln on 1 January 1863 that all slaves in the Confederate States were 'forever free'. It had no actual power to make them free, but people talk about Lincoln 'freeing the slaves' because of this proclamation (= announcement). It helped the North in the American Civil War as well, by allowing black people to serve in the army and navy, and by changing the war into a fight against slavery, which caused many people in England and France to give their support to the North. The Proclamation led in 1865 to the Thirteenth Amendment to the American Constitution, which officially ended slavery in all parts of the US.
解放宣言：亚伯拉罕·林肯总统1863年1月1日发表的声明，即同盟国中的所有奴隶都“永远自由”。它没有使他们自由的实际权力，但是由于这一宣告，人们谈论林肯“解放奴隶”。它也通过允许黑人在军队和海军中服役，并将战争转变为与奴隶制的斗争，从而在美国内战中也帮助了北方，这使英格兰和法国的许多人都支持北方。该宣言于1865年导致了《美国宪法》第十三修正案，该修正案正式结束了美国所有地区的奴隶制。