Yes. He was hoping that one or two slave-states might quit the Confederacy and rejoin the Union.
But chiefly, he was trying to stop Britain and France from helping the Confederacy. After the Proclamation, free countries abroad could not help the South without looking pro-slavery themselves.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation 1 January 1863
When Lincoln was president, the Emancipation Proclamation was to free all of the slaves in the Confederacy. :)
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
The President who introduced the Emancipation Proclamation was Abraham Lincoln. It was an order that was made during the American Civil War in 1863 that allowed slaves to be free in the Confederate States.
The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. (Redirected from Emancipation proclamation)Before he issued the Proclamation, President Lincoln wanted a Union victory on the battlefield. The Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was a close battle and the Union claimed victory. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, which took effect on January 1, 1863.
On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 but it took effect on January 1, 1863.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation 1 January 1863
January 1, 1863
the Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on 1 January 1863
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln was created in 1864.
He passed the emancipation proclamation.
When Lincoln was president, the Emancipation Proclamation was to free all of the slaves in the Confederacy. :)
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