Abraham Lincoln
That the Union wouldn't have a leader and they would still be enslaved
Frederick Douglas, among others, lobbied President Lincoln to form regiments of African Americans. (Lincoln died in office. He never became a "former president.")
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Abraham Lincoln became the 1st President to include African-Americans in his Inaugural Day Parade in 1865.
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It created a great sadness because all the African Americans thought that they would have to become slaves again since Lincoln was the only president to stop slavery.
The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, which would go into effect on January 1, 1863.
Abraham Lincoln, March 4 1865
When Abraham Lincoln Was President, He Thought Slavery Was Wrong. So Since He Was President He Was Able To Fix It
After He Became President He Hepled the African Americans to Be Free and to get there Freedom !
Lincoln followed closely by Lyndon Johnson.