To save his country, his presedency, and in an effort to stop war
To kill the jews
All slaves south of the mason-dixon line were free.
Emancipation from slavery.
On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation 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.
Abraham Lincoln.
President Abraham Lincoln was the first to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Lincoln made the argument that the Emancipation Proclamation was a military necessity. Lincoln believed the proclamation would weaken the South.
When Lincoln was president, the Emancipation Proclamation was to free all of the slaves in the Confederacy. :)
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln was created in 1864.