With his Emancipation Proclamation, effective January 1st 1863.
It meant that Britain and France could not aid the Confederacy without looking pro-slavery themselves.
It also meant that Union troops in their Southern campaigns were licensed to free any slaves they came across.
This was because Abraham Lincoln wanted there to be no more slaves and no more slavery.
Because he Wanted there to be no more slaves
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
In 1858, Abraham Lincoln sought the senate seat in Illinois that was held by nationally known Stephen A. Douglas. The major issue in the debates they had during the campaign centered around slavery. Douglas attempted to portray Lincoln as a radical and Lincoln tried to make Douglas seem a pro-slavery senator. Douglas easily won the election, but it gave Lincoln national attention.
help stop slavery
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
Abraham Lincoln did not want slavery to continue and he wanted to preserve the Union but unfortunately he was assassinated before he could do so, he also wrote the emancipation proclamation.
Lincoln tried to reassure the south by saying he wouldn't make a law on slavery even though he was against it.
No. Abraham Lincoln was on the Union's side.