Because he had an urgent need to keep the British from intervening on the side of the Confederates.
If he officially turned the war into a crusade against slavery, the British could not intervene without looking pro-slavery in the eyes of the world. (The British had, of course, abolished slavery years earlier.)
President Lincoln emancipated the slaves in the U.S.
African-Americans
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Abraham Lincoln wanted to send the African Americans back.
Only some African Americans should be able to vote
Abraham Lincoln, March 4 1865
John Wilks Booth killed Abraham Lincoln because he didn't like how he gave the African Americans their Freedom. I dint like that. P.S i have the same birthday as Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln became the 1st President to include African-Americans in his Inaugural Day Parade in 1865.
Cause he loved chicken just like the rest of the african americans!
he wanted to stop it by compromising something