Answer:
The emancipation proclamation hurt the South in all fronts, and according to some historians, marked the final fate of the war.
Explanation:
The proclamation freed 3.5 enslaved African Americans, and many of them joined the Union Army to fight for their freedom. This enlarged the Union Armny in a crucial point of the war.
The proclamation also hurt the South economically because the South depended on slave labor.
