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Why did President Abraham Lincoln reverse General Fremont's order to free captured slaves?
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General Fremont had no authority to free any slaves. Lincoln had to harshly remind him of that. More importantly, Lincoln's main task was to quickly end the Southern rebellion. In 1861, the slave holding border states also needed no excuse to join the Confederacy. Fremont was an ardent abolitionist, Lincoln was a moderate. He hated slavery but was pragmatic. Lincoln, in 1861 saw slavery as an issue that could be dealt with after the US was unified.
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