answersLogoWhite

0

Most urgently, to keep the British from supporting the Confederates (because after this, it would make them look pro-slavery.)

Also to give thr war-weary North something more emotive to fight for than just the cotton revenues.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Was the Emancipation Proclamation the document that abolished slavery in the US?

No, the Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln after conferring with Frederick Douglass.


Name of the document that free slaves?

the emancipation proclamation


Who wrote and what is the Emancipation Proclomation?

The Emancipation Proclamation is a document written during the Civil War freeing slaves in the southern (Confederate) states. Abraham Lincoln signed the document.


What famous document was written by President Lincoln during the Civil War?

Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, an executive order which freed the slaves in the Confederate states. He also wrote the "Gettysburg Address", but that was a speech he gave and was not a document at the time.


What document set the slaves free?

The Emancipation Proclomation


What documents gave enslaved people their freedom in 1863?

That document signed by Abraham Lincoln is the Emancipation Proclamation.


What was the name of the document that freed the slaves?

The Emancipation Proclamation


What was a document that proclaimed was against slavery?

emancipation proclamation.


What was a important document from the civil war?

the emancipation proclamation


What is the emancipation prclomation?

The Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that granted freedom to slaves in America. However, this document did not end the Civil War.


When was the emanicipation proclamation written?

The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was written on Sept.22,1862


What document proclaimed a war against slavery?

The Emancipation Proclamation