To Free the Slaves
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The Emancipation Proclamation
After, it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
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The end
At the end of the civil war. (1865)
The Emancipation Proclomation.
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.
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.
It was the unexpected Northern win at Antietam that enabled Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it look like a desperate measure.