Not really, no.
Lincoln's sympathies definitely lay in that direction, but he was more concerned with preserving the Union. He once wrote that if he could preserve the Union without freeing a single slave, he would do that, and if he could preserve it by freeing all of them, then he would do that, and if he could preserve it by freeing some and not freeing others, then he would do that.
It was important for Lincoln to wait before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation because he needed to ensure that the timing was right politically and militarily. He wanted to make sure that the proclamation would have the greatest impact and support possible.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam to shift the focus of the Civil War from just preserving the Union to also include the abolition of slavery. The victory at Antietam provided the political momentum and military opportunity for Lincoln to make this significant decision.
He wanted to make people forget the Emancipation Proclamation.
what two requests did the emancipation proclamation make of the newly freed slaves
Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederate States, because they were in rebellion against the Union. Causing most of the Civil war, Lincoln decided to make the Emancipation to abolish the rebillion and keep the Union stable.
It was important for Lincoln to wait before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation because he needed to ensure that the timing was right politically and militarily. He wanted to make sure that the proclamation would have the greatest impact and support possible.
Frederick Douglass, the noted African American abolitionist from Maryland both encouraged President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and spent most of the Civil War raising "Colored" volunteer regiments to fight for the Union.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam to shift the focus of the Civil War from just preserving the Union to also include the abolition of slavery. The victory at Antietam provided the political momentum and military opportunity for Lincoln to make this significant decision.
He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended all slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation only ended slavery in the states that were part of the Confederacy, not in the border states that fought with the northern states in the civil war.
He wanted to make people forget the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln did not want slavery to continue and he wanted to preserve the Union but unfortunately he was assassinated before he could do so, he also wrote the emancipation proclamation.
The abolishment of slavery.
what two requests did the emancipation proclamation make of the newly freed slaves
The emancipation proclamation was to set the slaves free.
Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederate States, because they were in rebellion against the Union. Causing most of the Civil war, Lincoln decided to make the Emancipation to abolish the rebillion and keep the Union stable.
Antietam (Sharpsburg). It was the unexpected Northern Victory that gave Lincoln the credibility to make the proclamation without making it sound like a desperate war-measure.
Keep Britain and France from helping the Confederates, as it would make them look pro-slavery themselves.