he didn't..he just wanted the union to stay together. he would do anything to preserve it but released the proclamation to keeep the union army fighting because they were wearing down and it gave them new spirit
He wanted to abolish slavery
1863
Abraham Lincoln abolish slavery and is our 16th president.
No, Abraham Lincoln did.
Ugh.....martin Luther king jr DID NOT abolish slavery. There was no more slavery by the time he was born. he helped abolish SEGREGATION!! MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Abolitionists were people in the US who sought to abolish, or end, slavery in the 1800's. Whether or not to abolish slavery was a key issue that led to the US Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
to end slavery
he traveled to the Southern States to abolish slavery.
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The Confederacy did not want to abolish slavery. In fact, they wanted to expand slavery into the new territories of the US.
It was Abraham Lincoln but Tubman and Douglas were against slavery too.