The Emancipation Proclomation.
Antietam
To Free the Slaves
Fredrick Douglas urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a Moral Issue, but it raised morale as well.
In the middle of the US Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, prompted by a series of editorials written by Sarah Hale, proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November 1863. It has been celebrated anually since. However President George Washington was the first President to issue a Proclamation that declared a National Day of Thanksgiving on October 3, 1789.
Factually viewing the issue, the slaves were indeed freed during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln (who is referred to as the first modern American president).
The Emancipation Proclamation
Because the Declaration Of Independence states all men are equal.
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.
1968
contrary to poplar belief, states rights and not slavery was the main issue. Slavery became the issue after President Lincoln issued the emmancipation proclamation, freeing the slaves in the union and border states.
Because he Wanted there to be no more slaves