ANV destroyed after Antietham

WI a competent and aggressive Northern commander had managed to not only defeat Lee but prevented his retreat.

With the vast bulk of the rebel's main army defeated Richmond looks rather vulnerable.

Now the terms of the Emanciapation Proclamation stated that it only applied in areas where rebels were in charge.

Might the slave owning leadership have returned to the Union to preserve their ability to own human beings before the end of Decemaber 1862?
 
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