freeing african americans from slavery
Freeing African- Americans from slavery
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Emancipation Proclamation
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1968
The end
At the end of the civil war. (1865)
After, it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
While it wasn't immediately following, the Battle of Antietam and the Union victory there gave President Lincoln the push to issue the proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863.
The Union's victory at Antietam, was an important defeat, which President Lincoln needed, in order to issue the first portion of the Emancipation Proclamation, so that it would have an affect, and impact on the south. The battle of Antietam ended in the Union's victory on September 18, 1862, and the draft issue of the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on September 22, 1862.
pressuring him to take a stand on slavery
Abolitionists pressured Lincoln to end the slavery after the start of the Civil War in 1861. These pressures also affected Lincoln to declare the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.