Frederick Douglas, among others, lobbied President Lincoln to form regiments of African Americans. (Lincoln died in office. He never became a "former president.")
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Abraham Lincoln became the 1st President to include African-Americans in his Inaugural Day Parade in 1865.
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It created a great sadness because all the African Americans thought that they would have to become slaves again since Lincoln was the only president to stop slavery.
Many abolitionists as well as President Lincoln worked tirelessly to emancipate slaves in the United States.
Abraham Lincoln, March 4 1865
When Abraham Lincoln Was President, He Thought Slavery Was Wrong. So Since He Was President He Was Able To Fix It
After He Became President He Hepled the African Americans to Be Free and to get there Freedom !
Lincoln followed closely by Lyndon Johnson.
Lincoln hoped to limit voting to a small portion of African Americans.
Abarham Lincoln because he was the president who gave the African Americans get their freedom and set them free from slavery.