Which describes southerners' reaction to president lincoln's issuance of the emancipation proclamation?

a.
they knew that defeat in the war would mean the complete end of slavery.

b.
they saw it as a sign that the north was near defeat and the south would win the war.

c.
they believed that a negotiated peace with the north was now possible.

d.
they felt confident that england would now join the confederate side.