On this day, 163 years ago, July 22, 1862 (June 26, 1862 in the lunar calendar), President Lincoln read out the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to the Cabinet. July 22, 1862-President Lincoln reads the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to the Cabinet. The order would announce the liberation of all slaves in the south. The Emancipation Proclamation was a document written by President Abraham? Lincoln's manifesto stated that all slave slaves in territories under the Confederate rebellion should enjoy freedom, but exemptions included border states that had not seceded from the Union and states under federal control. This declaration only immediately liberated a small number of slaves, but it essentially strengthened the authority of these slaves 'freedom after the Union Army controlled the territory of the Confederation, and paved the way for the eventual abolition of slavery in the United States. In fact, this document did not serve to free slaves at all. Why is this? Because the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862 gave freedom to slaves in the Confederate League, the federal government did not actually control the southern region at this time. The document had no practical significance at the time, just like Australia trying to enact laws that bound New Zealand people. It was not until the promulgation of the Thirteenth Amendment on December 6, 1865 that slavery was officially abolished. Comment: Human equality is hard-won.