Lincoln. But they were freed by Union troops during their Southern campaigns, not by the Proclamation, which was mainly a tatcic to shame the British out of helping the cause of slavery.
Lincoln made the argument that the Emancipation Proclamation was a military necessity. Lincoln believed the proclamation would weaken the South.
Emancipation Proclamation
When Lincoln was president, the Emancipation Proclamation was to free all of the slaves in the Confederacy. :)
He passed the emancipation proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln was created in 1864.
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
That would be the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation sometime in June of 1862. He read a draft of the Proclamation in July of 1862, to his cabinet members.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln