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.
No, the Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln after conferring with Frederick Douglass.
the emancipation proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is a document written during the Civil War freeing slaves in the southern (Confederate) states. Abraham Lincoln signed the document.
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.
The Emancipation Proclomation
That document signed by Abraham Lincoln is the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Emancipation Proclamation
emancipation proclamation.
the emancipation proclamation
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.
The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was written on Sept.22,1862
The Emancipation Proclamation