The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, declared freedom for enslaved people in
Athe states that had seceded from the Union
Bevery state and territory in the United States
Cthe border states that remained loyal to the Union
Dthe District of Columbia only
Explanation
The Emancipation Proclamation applied only to enslaved people in Confederate states still in rebellion; it did not free those in the loyal border states. Nationwide abolition came later with the 13th Amendment (1865).