To Free the Slaves
The Emancipation Proclamation
1968
After, it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, specifically in Washington D.C.
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
1968
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to abolish slavery in Confederate states and weaken the Southern economy during the Civil War.
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.
Lincoln waited until after the Battle of Antietam to issue the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to wait for a Union victory to give the proclamation more credibility and show that the Union was in a stronger position.