Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States and the author of the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln
President/Commander-In-Chief Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
he was the president during the civil war. he also signed the emancipation proclamation
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free enslaved people in Confederate states during the Civil War, in order to weaken the Confederacy and strengthen the Union's cause.
The president signs the proclamation.
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.
The President who introduced the Emancipation Proclamation was Abraham Lincoln. It was an order that was made during the American Civil War in 1863 that allowed slaves to be free in the Confederate States.
As President, on October 3, 1789, George Washington made the proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was written by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War in 1863.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first Veterans Day Proclamation.