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Abraham Lincoln was an anti-slavery candidate in 1860. He had every intention of freeing the slaves as soon as it was possible. However, history records that Frederick Douglass encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation as a war tactic.
Abraham Lincoln, because he was on south side
Booker T. Washington urged slaves to learn a new trade so they could slowly progress in society. With more money and power they could demand their freedom and rights.
Lincoln's achievements--saving the Union and freeing the slaves--and his martyrdom just at the war's end assured his continuing fame. No small contribution was made by his eloquence as exemplified in the Gettysburg Address (Nov. 19, 1863), in which he defined the war as a rededication to the egalitarian ideals of the Declaration of Independence, and in his second inaugural address (Mar. 4, 1865), in which he urged "malice toward none" and "charity for all" in the peace to come.
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Frederick Douglass
Fredrick Douglas urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a Moral Issue, but it raised morale as well.
Fredrick Douglass
Fredrick Douglass
Simon Cameron was President Lincoln's first secretary of war. Lincoln became upset with Cameron when in early 1862, he distributed a report that urged the government to arm former slaves. Lincoln sent him to Russia as the US ambassador. Lincoln then appointed Edwin Stanton as the new secretary of of war.
Abraham Lincoln was an anti-slavery candidate in 1860. He had every intention of freeing the slaves as soon as it was possible. However, history records that Frederick Douglass encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation as a war tactic.
Abraham Lincoln or the union urged southerners to reunite with them. Abraham Lincoln was the union president.
Mary todd
His wife, i think!
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Richmond, Virginia
He urged masters and slaves to live good lives.