First, because his laws could not be enforced in the South.
Second, because he depended heavily on four of the slave-states that had remained loyal, and did not want to drive them into the arms of the Confederacy.
Lincoln showed freedom by freeing the slaves because they have a right to be free
Nobody forced Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves, he just saw that slavery was not right so he wanted to end it.
Abraham Lincoln signed a billl to free the slaves . his wife Mary todd had slaves work for her.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves.
Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln did not kill any slaves. He worked to free them.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, effective from January 1863, which declared all Southern slaves to be free.
Abraham Lincoln set the slaves free.
To Free the Slaves
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Fredrick Douglas urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a Moral Issue, but it raised morale as well.
President Lincoln favored saving the Union over freeing the slaves.