The Emancipation Proclamation
To Free the Slaves
Fredrick Douglas urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a Moral Issue, but it raised morale as well.
The Emancipation Proclomation.
Fredrick Douglass
Fredrick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln signed a billl to free the slaves . his wife Mary todd had slaves work for her.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves.
Antietam
Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln did not kill any slaves. He worked to free them.
Abraham Lincoln was an anti-slavery candidate in 1860. He had every intention of freeing the slaves as soon as it was possible. However, history records that Frederick Douglass encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation as a war tactic.
Abraham Lincoln set the slaves free.