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Privately, Lincoln always supported abolition, but he felt that he had to be slow about introducing it to the country for it to be accepted. His original political position was Containment, preventing the spread of slavery from the southern states. Once the war broke out, Lincoln devised the Emancipation Proclamation to lure the Southern states back into the Union, and to prevent foreign nations from forming an alliance with the Confederacy. In the event, the rebel states remained intractable, but the foreign powers remained neutral.
With the above thoughts in mind, US President Lincoln had already made his personal view about slavery well known. Especially in the 1858 debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas.
It was only later in the Summer of 1862, did Lincoln begin his drafts on the preliminary emancipation proclamation. This was due to the fact that the war was not rapidly moving in the direction that Lincoln had hoped for.
France and England continued to trade and supply the South irregardless of the proclamation.
Basically, in Lincoln's mind the proclamation would be a war measure. And, even more radical Republicans in his cabinet advised Lincoln not to issue it for fear of how the slave holding border states might react.
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Emancipation of Proclamation?
When Lincoln was president, the Emancipation Proclamation was to free all of the slaves in the Confederacy. :)
Did the US Congress issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
What was the year emancipation proclamation?
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation 1 January 1863
When did President Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation?
september 22 1862
Why was the Thirteenth Amendment necessary if President Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation was not a law but an executive order by the president. It needed the 13th amendment to the US Constitution to give it the weight and force of law.
When was First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln created?
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln was created in 1864.
When did Lincoln isssue the Emancipation Proclamation?
On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
What did president Lincoln sign that freed the slaves?
He passed the emancipation proclamation.
Emancipation of Proclamation?
When Lincoln was president, the Emancipation Proclamation was to free all of the slaves in the Confederacy. :)
President Lincoln wrote?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Was Lincoln president when he wrote the emancipation proclamation?
no
Did the US Congress issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was the president during the emancipation proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States and the author of the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Which President proclaimed that the slaves in the southern states were to be freed?
Lincoln. But they were freed by Union troops during their Southern campaigns, not by the Proclamation, which was mainly a tatcic to shame the British out of helping the cause of slavery.
Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln.
Which president wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
What did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
1968
