No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free enslaved people in Confederate states during the Civil War, in order to weaken the Confederacy and strengthen the Union's cause.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to abolish slavery in Confederate states and weaken the Southern economy during the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation by US President Lincoln was a tactical war decision. As an aside, the Emancipation did not pertain to Union States and Washington DC, which had slavery. The Emancipation was aimed at the Confederate States and carried no weight there, except perhaps for "moral" reasons.
Lincoln waited until after the Battle of Antietam to issue the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to wait for a Union victory to give the proclamation more credibility and show that the Union was in a stronger position.
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free enslaved people in Confederate states during the Civil War, in order to weaken the Confederacy and strengthen the Union's cause.
The Emancipation Proclamation
1968
After, it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
1968
The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, which would go into effect on January 1, 1863.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to abolish slavery in Confederate states and weaken the Southern economy during the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln January 1, 1863. It had been previously announced and published in September 1862, shortly after the Battle of Antietam.
The end
At the end of the civil war. (1865)
The Emancipation Proclamation by US President Lincoln was a tactical war decision. As an aside, the Emancipation did not pertain to Union States and Washington DC, which had slavery. The Emancipation was aimed at the Confederate States and carried no weight there, except perhaps for "moral" reasons.