In neither portion of Virginia—that in which emancipation was decreed
nor that in which slavery was to remain unaffected(_a_) did President
Lincoln's proclamations produce any change in the attitude of her people
and this was so because, as they protested, slavery was neither the
interest nor the issue which had impelled them to draw the sword.
(_a_) Note: The reader will recall that the proclamation did not
emancipate the slaves in "the Counties of Berkeley, Accomac,
Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne and Norfolk,
including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth," nor those in the
States of Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri,
Tennessee and portions of Louisiana.