It was the unexpected Northern win at Antietam that enabled Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it look like a desperate measure.
Antietam
To Free the Slaves
Fredrick Douglas urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a Moral Issue, but it raised morale as well.
The Emancipation Proclamation
After, it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
He worked with Abraham Lincoln on the issue of freeing slaves during the Civil War.
He worked with Abraham Lincoln on the issue of freeing slaves during the Civil War.
Antietam. This was the Union win that gace him the credibility to issue the Proclamation without making it look like a desperate appeal.
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.
Because he Wanted there to be no more slaves
The Emancipation Proclomation.
Fredrick Douglass