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∙ 13y agoprobably because there was slavery in the north at the time.
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Which statement is truePresident Lincoln wanted to free all slaves at the beginning of the war?
President Lincoln favored saving the Union over freeing the slaves.
Why did Lincoln not free the slaves at the start of the war?
Because at the beginning, it was not an abolitionist war. Lincoln had been elected on a ticket of no new slave-states, and this is what caused the Southern states to secede from the Union.
Why did Abraham Lincoln fight in the war?
he fought in war for freedom and set slaves free
What was the name of the document that Lincoln to end the war and free the slaves?
i do not now
How did southerners slaves aid the northern war effort?
When Lincoln announced the emancipation proclamation, some of the slaves were free which then aided the union army to end the war.
If Lincoln hated slavery why didnt he free the slaves at war's beginning rather than on January 1 1863?
historians are fighting over this concept, so it is to be determined.
Why did Lincoln free the slaves DURING the civil war?
To weaken the Confederate states.
How Abraham Lincoln affected the civil war?
He had set the slaves free to freedom.
Why did Lincoln not free the slave at the beginning of the war?
Ask Mr.I... or Barry
Was the civil war a war to save the union or a war to free the slaves?
Lincoln went in it only to save the union
How did Lincoln hope to maintain the freedom of slaves?
Lincoln hoped to maintain the freedom of the slaves through the emancipation proclamation. The catch to this is that the slaves only became free if the Union won the war.
Who freed the slaves during the civil war with his emancipation proclamation?
Beginning January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared, the slaves belonging to persons in rebellion against the United States were free. But the Proclamation did not free slaves in the border states or even those parts of the South, such as Tennessee, that were under Union control. Lincoln still felt that he did not have constitutional authority to free slaves belonging to loyal planters. The Proclamation was a war measure, designed to embarrass the enemy. Since it could not be enforced in the South, Lincoln's Proclamation did not actually free any slaves. But it did give a moral tone to the war. The conflict became a crusade to rid the nation of slavery.
