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What was Lincoln's reason for not emancipating slaves when the war began?
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Lincoln had a very specific reason why he did not emancipate all the slaves when the Civil War began. He knew that emancipating all the slaves might cause other states to leave the Union, so he only freed the slaves in the states that were already in rebellion.
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