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Does the emancipation proclamation make Lincoln an abolitionist?
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∙ 12y ago
Not really, no.
Lincoln's sympathies definitely lay in that direction, but he was more concerned with preserving the Union. He once wrote that if he could preserve the Union without freeing a single slave, he would do that, and if he could preserve it by freeing all of them, then he would do that, and if he could preserve it by freeing some and not freeing others, then he would do that.
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Which was not motive that Abraham Lincoln had when he delivered his Gettysburg Address?
He wanted to make people forget the Emancipation Proclamation.
What two requests did the emancipation proclamation make of the newly freed slaves?
what two requests did the emancipation proclamation make of the newly freed slaves
Why did the emancipation proclamation free slaves only in confederate states?
Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederate States, because they were in rebellion against the Union. Causing most of the Civil war, Lincoln decided to make the Emancipation to abolish the rebillion and keep the Union stable.
What is one thing Lincoln hopes the emancipation proclamation will accomplish?
Keep Britain and France from helping the Confederates, as it would make them look pro-slavery themselves.
What constitutional issue involved Lincoln's proclamation of emancipation?
I think he issued the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to free all African Americans in the South.
Who worked as an enlistment officer during the Civil War and encourage President Lincoln to make Emancipation an issue in the Civil War?
Frederick Douglass, the noted African American abolitionist from Maryland both encouraged President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and spent most of the Civil War raising "Colored" volunteer regiments to fight for the Union.
How did Abraham Lincoln make a difference?
He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended all slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation only ended slavery in the states that were part of the Confederacy, not in the border states that fought with the northern states in the civil war.
Which was not motive that Abraham Lincoln had when he delivered his Gettysburg Address?
He wanted to make people forget the Emancipation Proclamation.
What did Abraham Lincoln do to make him great?
Abraham Lincoln did not want slavery to continue and he wanted to preserve the Union but unfortunately he was assassinated before he could do so, he also wrote the emancipation proclamation.
What did the emancipation proclamation make the destruction of?
The abolishment of slavery.
What two requests did the emancipation proclamation make of the newly freed slaves?
what two requests did the emancipation proclamation make of the newly freed slaves
What Emancipation Proclamation was a good thing to some Confederate leaders to make peace before the J?
The emancipation proclamation was to set the slaves free.
Why did the emancipation proclamation free slaves only in confederate states?
Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederate States, because they were in rebellion against the Union. Causing most of the Civil war, Lincoln decided to make the Emancipation to abolish the rebillion and keep the Union stable.
What battle Lincoln issue the emancipation proclamtion after?
Antietam (Sharpsburg). It was the unexpected Northern Victory that gave Lincoln the credibility to make the proclamation without making it sound like a desperate war-measure.
What is one thing Lincoln hopes the emancipation proclamation will accomplish?
Keep Britain and France from helping the Confederates, as it would make them look pro-slavery themselves.
What constitutional issue involved Lincoln's proclamation of emancipation?
I think he issued the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to free all African Americans in the South.
The Emancipation Proclamation was given after which battle?
Antietam, the first major battle where Lee was defeated. It allowed Lincoln to make the proclamation from a position of strength, and not as a desperate measure.
