The thing which the proclamation DID do in 1863, the year after it was issued was:
This refers to the official decree which was made on September 22, 1862 where it was stated that from January 1, 1863 all slaves would be forever free legally.
With this in mind, we can see that after this was issued in 1863, African Americans were allowed to enlist in the army and also the free slaves in the Northern States were allowed to enlist.
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