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No- not really, He did issue the famous proclamation that freed the slaves in the seceded states, but that was pretty much the extent of the rights that he gave to blacks. But of course, he died just as the Civil War ended. He did not have any opportunity to deal with what rights should be given to ex-slaves beyond freedom to go where they wanted to go, and the power of the President to give out rights is quite limited.

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