I THINK THE ANSWER IS IN 1863
He passed the emancipation proclamation.
The Emancipation Proclamation
september 22 1862
January 1, 1863
the Emancipation Proclamation
The president signs the proclamation.
Britain would have felt free to help the Confederates, with France likely to follow suit.
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation which ended slavery.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Yes, he did.
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation which freed African slaves- the Emancipatioon Proclamation stated that any land ( the south) that was not part of the Union had to free its slaves. Obviously the south did not listen to the President of a different country. Abraham Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation to get the North on his side. it did not free any slaves.the emancipation proclamaton