Abraham Lincoln was indeed not an abolitionist. Although he signed the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War, the proclamation did not literally free the slaves. He used this to punish the Confederacy of their rebellion.
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In the period before and during the US Civil War , a person who wanted to end slavery was called an Abolitionist - because he or she was in favor of the abolition of slavery. A good example of an abolitionist is Abraham Lincoln in America, but in England, William Wilberforce was one of the major abolitionists.Although Lincoln was personally against slavery he was not an abolitionist. An abolitionist wanted to end slavery all at once as an of the government. Lincoln saw no solution to the slavery problem and worked for keeping the UNion whole as his priority.
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Abraham Lincoln hired Clara Barton in the civil war
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The South became convinced that Lincoln was an abolitionist even though did not state that he wanted to ban slavery.
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A person opposed to slavery was called an abolitionist. An abolitionist can refer to someone ho supports an end to anything, but was used specifically to refer to those opposing slavery.
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The south believed that President Lincoln was an abolitionist. They were afraid that Lincoln would outlaw slavery and seceded in anticipation of slavery being outlawed.