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Why does Lincoln wait to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
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President Lincoln waited until the Union won a battle, otherwise it would be considered an empty, meaningless statement. After the Union won the Battle of Antietam / Sharpsburg Maryland; President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Union victories prior to Antietam / Sharpsburg were few and far between.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 6y agoAs promised, Lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so on the heels of a successful Union military advance. On September 22, 1862, after a victory at Antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of January 1, 1863
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∙ 14y agoHe had to wait for a Northern victory, or it would have looked like a desperate measure, following the string of Confederate victories after Robert E. Lee was promoted to army commander.
The unexpected Northern victory at Antietam gave him his chance.
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∙ 14y agoBecause the Confederates under the newly-promoted Robert E. Lee were achieving a spectacular run of victories, and it could have looked like a desperate measure to announce the freeing of slaves at that point.
Lincoln had to wait for a Northern win - and it seemed as though that could be a long wait. But by a strange accident, the North won the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, and Lincoln was free to make the Proclamation.
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∙ 13y agoPresident Lincoln likely wrote the Emancipation Proclamation in late June of 1862, as he introduced a draft copy of it to his cabinet in early July, 1862. He wanted a response from his cabinet about the best way to issue the Proclamation. President Lincoln and his cabinet felt that issuing the Proclamation after a Union victory, it would have more of an affect on the Confederacy. This is why he waited to issue the Emancipation Proclamation after the Confederate retreat at the Battle of Antietam, which provided the Union "victory" needed for the affect President Lincoln wanted to make, on the Confederacy.
When he first wanted to issue it, in Summer '62 (when the British looked like giving aid to the Confederates), Robert E. Lee was winning a string of victories against the Union in Virginia, and it would have looked like a desperate measure.
He had to wait for a Northern victory before he could make it with any conviction. This victory unexpectedly came in September, at Antietam (Sharpsburg), after which the British, who had abolished slavery thirty years earlier, could not intervene without looking pro-slavery.
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∙ 13y agoBecause it was not initially an Abolitionist war.
It was only after the first year, when the British looked like supporting the Confederates, that Lincoln wanted to use this device to shame them out of it (because it would make them look pro-slavery).
But by that time, Lee's string of victories would make it sound like a desperate measure. So he had to wait for a Union victory, which came (unexpectedly) at Antietam in September 1862.
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How would you solve this problem to help Lincoln decide when to issue the emancipation proclamation?
He had to wait till there was a Northern victory, or it would look like a desperate measure.
Why did Lincoln wait for the NOrthern victory to announce the Wmancipation proclamation?
because the north was against slavery so he waited till they won to anounce to the south the emancipation proclamation
What was William seward recommendation to Lincoln about when to issue the proclamation?
William Seward recommended that President Lincoln wait until a major Union victory occurred before issuing the proclamation.
Where was the Emancipation Proclamation applied to slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation was very carefully worded to not free anyone anywhere at the time of its writing!The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves inside states in rebellion (i.e. Confederacy) and not controlled by Union troops. These states obviously ignored the Emancipation Proclamation and did not free any slaves. At the time the Emancipation Proclamation was written Union troops did not control any of those states.The Emancipation Proclamation explicitly permitted states that had stayed in the Union to keep their slaves. This was because if the Emancipation Proclamation freed such slaves then these states would probably leave the Union and join the Confederacy. Lincoln could not afford to have that happen!In fact the Emancipation Proclamation was a Propaganda document to encourage European support for the Union, and it was not expected to have any effect on either slave masters or enslaved people.Actually freeing the enslaved people would have to wait until after the war.
Why that Abraham Lincoln have a difficult signing the emancipation proclamation?
A string of Confederate victories by Lee in the summer of '62, which brought the British and French close to granting recognition to the Confederacy. Lincoln wanted to prevent this by turning the war into an official crusade against slavery (which it hadn't been), but he had to wait for a Northern victory to issue his Proclamation without making it look like a desperate measure.
How would you solve this problem to help Lincoln decide when to issue the emancipation proclamation?
He had to wait till there was a Northern victory, or it would look like a desperate measure.
Why did Lincoln wait for the NOrthern victory to announce the Wmancipation proclamation?
because the north was against slavery so he waited till they won to anounce to the south the emancipation proclamation
What was william sewards recommendation to lincoln about when to issue the proclamation?
William Seward recommended that President Lincoln wait until a major Union victory occurred before issuing the proclamation.
What was William seward recommendation to Lincoln about when to issue the proclamation?
William Seward recommended that President Lincoln wait until a major Union victory occurred before issuing the proclamation.
Why did Lincoln wait to announce Emancipation Proclamation?
As promised, Lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so on the heels of a successful Union military advance. On September 22, 1862, after a victory at Antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of January 1, 1863
What does Lincoln do after the Battle of Antietam?
Issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which he'd been wanting to do for several months, but had to wait for a Northern victory, to give him credibility.
Where did the emancipation proclamation freed enslaved people?
The Emancipation Proclamation was very carefully worded to not free anyone anywhere at the time of its writing!The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves inside states in rebellion (i.e. Confederacy) and not controlled by Union troops. These states obviously ignored the Emancipation Proclamation and did not free any slaves. At the time the Emancipation Proclamation was written Union troops did not control any of those states.The Emancipation Proclamation explicitly permitted states that had stayed in the Union to keep their slaves. This was because if the Emancipation Proclamation freed such slaves then these states would probably leave the Union and join the Confederacy. Lincoln could not afford to have that happen!In fact the Emancipation Proclamation was a Propaganda document to encourage European support for the Union, and it was not expected to have any effect on either slave masters or enslaved people.Actually freeing the enslaved people would have to wait until after the war.
Slaves in the north and parts of the south that had been captured by the union were not freed by the emancipation proclamation and would have to wait until?
Slaves in the North and parts of the South that had been captured by the Union were not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation and would have to wait until __________ to get freedom.
Why did Lincoln wait to issue the emansipation proclamation?
Because if he'd issued it before the Union victory at Antietam, it would have looked like a desperate measure, following a string of defeats.
What was the emancipation procimation?
It was a proclamation issued by Lincoln which freed all the slaves in states which were in rebellion (that is, the Confederate states during the Civil War). Lincoln threatened to free the slaves as a way to leverage the Confederacy into rejoining the Union. The Confederates refused. Lincoln followed through on his threat. Despite what many think, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves, only those in states which had seceded. Slaves in other states had to wait until the adoption of the 13th Amendment before they received their freedom.
Where was the Emancipation Proclamation applied to slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation was very carefully worded to not free anyone anywhere at the time of its writing!The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves inside states in rebellion (i.e. Confederacy) and not controlled by Union troops. These states obviously ignored the Emancipation Proclamation and did not free any slaves. At the time the Emancipation Proclamation was written Union troops did not control any of those states.The Emancipation Proclamation explicitly permitted states that had stayed in the Union to keep their slaves. This was because if the Emancipation Proclamation freed such slaves then these states would probably leave the Union and join the Confederacy. Lincoln could not afford to have that happen!In fact the Emancipation Proclamation was a Propaganda document to encourage European support for the Union, and it was not expected to have any effect on either slave masters or enslaved people.Actually freeing the enslaved people would have to wait until after the war.
Lincoln was right to wait so long before declaring emancipation?
he wasnt (:
