He thought that it was a moral issue
Abraham Lincoln and William Lloyd Garrison both believed that slavery was a moral issue.
Abraham Lincoln and William Lloyd Garrison both believed that slavery was a moral issue.
moral
as an economic issue
as an economic issue
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - chiefly aimed at preventing the British from aiding the Confederates. (It would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.)
Moral slavery can be defined as the morality issue that was deemed to exist between a slave and the master. Friedrich Nietzsche made an attempt to define the issues of morality in relation to slavery.
Nominally both, if one separates out the moral issues that may exist with the economy.
The South looked at slavery as an economic issue. The North viewed slavery as a moral issue. In the North, slavery was proving to be unprofitable in the North and was dying out by the end of the American Revolution, but in the South white Southerners were increasingly more defensive of slavery.
The South looked at slavery as an economic issue. The North viewed slavery as a moral issue. In the North, slavery was proving to be unprofitable in the North and was dying out by the end of the American Revolution, but in the South white Southerners were increasingly more defensive of slavery.
Abolitionists played a significant role in influencing Abraham Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Through their relentless advocacy and pressure, abolitionists highlighted the moral imperative of ending slavery and pushed Lincoln to take a more progressive stance on the issue. Their persistence and dedication ultimately persuaded Lincoln to issue the proclamation, which declared that all slaves in Confederate territory were to be freed.
Abraham Lincoln.