How did Abraham Lincoln free some slaves?

Answer 1

Licoln was not trying to free the slavesPesident Lincoln wanted to keep slavery from spreading to the northern statesbut as the war continued on he decided to free the slaveshis first intention was to send them back to Africa but on the advise of Frederick Douglas Licoln decided against sending them back.

Answer 2

Lincoln did not want slavery, but like many of his day did not foresee full equality for African Americans. He once said that he would prefer to live in a country which made no pretense about the equality of men than a country which claimed that all were equal but kept others in chains as slaves. Many lies and misunderstandings have been perpetrated about Lincoln over the years. In school in the 1970's I was taught that Lincoln had nothing against slavery, but he freed the slaves in order to defeat the Confederacy and preserve the Union. I have encountered many black people who are surprised when I tell them that Lincoln was a Republican, in fact the first Republican President. The Democrats were the party that wanted to keep African slavery going, and the Whig Party did not care. Letters discovered recently prove that Lincoln offered to reimburse the Confederacy for freed slaves if the Confederacy would call off the war and join the Union again. Jeff Davis would have none of it. In the end, Davis ordered Generals Lee and Johnston to disband their armies and fight on as guerillas. Lee and Johnston talked it over, decided that the Confederacy was finished, and surrendered unconditionally to avoid further loss of life. Lincoln did not (as falsely believed) demand unconditional surrender from the South. He was determined to end slavery and preserve the Union, and he did all within his power to achieve those ends with as little blood as possible.

Lincoln foresaw the immense turmoil that ending slavery would cause, both to the freed blacks and their former masters. But in the end, he became convinced that emancipation was the only course.

Quote : "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy." (Abraham Lincoln, 1858)

Answer 3

No. He had no authority over the Southern states, whose slaves he declared 'thenceforward and forever free'.

His Proclamation was really a tactic to present the war to foreign countries as a moral crusade against slavery, and make it impossible for Britain and France to aid the Confederates without looking pro-slavery themselves.

The southern states did not recognize his authority, but as President of the United States, he had the power to issue Executive Orders. He felt he had the authority because he did not recognize the secession as legal.

Answer 4

He issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863. The document didn't have much of an effect on Southern Confederacy slave owners, since the Southern Confederacy had seceeded from the Union. When the Union won the Civil War in 1865, the Confederacy became part of the Union again, and as a result, had to abide by the rules and free all their slaves.

Answer 5

He issued and signed the emancipation proetaimatisn

Answer 6

On September 22, 1862 Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free all the slaves.

Answer 7

Yes he did.