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The Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln was concerned it would only be viewed as a temporary measure, so he pushed to get the thirteenth amendment passed, which abolished slavery completely and permanently.

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How did slavery reflect in the civil war?

slavery was ended in the southern states.


Did the southern and northern states of America feel the same about slavery?

no the southern states approved of slavery and the northern states dissapproved of slavery


Is there a word that has something to do with the civil war and starts with the letter t?

Thirteenth Amendment which ended slavery in the southern states


Was a slavery in the south?

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What was the name of the document that ended slavery in the states occupied by The Union?

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Abraham Lincoln stop slavery is when?

Actually, Slavery never ended while President Lincoln was alive. The Civil War did not end slavery in the United States. Lincoln only freed slaves that were caught during the civil war from southern states. The Northern states which had slaves still were allowed to keep their slaves. Slavery ended the December after Lincolns death with the 13th Amendment.


How did the Northern and Southern attitudes slavery differ?

the northern and southern states differed in their attitudes toward slavery because the northern states were against slavery while the southern states were all for slavery, in fact they had slaves. The northern and southern states disagreed about it so much that it caused a war, known as the civil war.


How did the northern and southern attitudes towards slavery differ?

the northern and southern states differed in their attitudes toward slavery because the northern states were against slavery while the southern states were all for slavery, in fact they had slaves. The northern and southern states disagreed about it so much that it caused a war, known as the civil war.


What did southern think when a abolitionist wanted to end slavery?

the Southern planters thought that slavery shouldn't be ended for they needed the slaves for their crops


What was one reason slavery still existed after the Revolutionary War ended?

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What states in the southern US have slavery?

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