This January 1, 1863 document liberated all slaves in regions still under Confederate control
... After 
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, 
and ... authorized the freeing of the slaves of all disloyal owners in the 
Confederate ... exempting the border states as well as regions under Union 
military control,... [DOC] [TLE] The 'Great Emancipator' and the Issue of Race [PAR] My first impulse would be to free all the slaves, and send them to Liberia, to their 
..... oath, the federal government still controlled four forts inside the new 
Confederacy.