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No, when the first states seceded, both President Buchanan and President-Elect Lincoln announced that they could not legally do that.

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He thought it was illegal, that being the reason that he fought with/for the US side. And the fact that the US won proves that it is illegal.

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Q: Did Abraham Lincoln believe that secession was legal or illegal?
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What year did Abraham Lincoln ended slavery?

Abraham Lincoln did not end slavery, per Se. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. In 1863. President Lincoln wrote and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made slavery illegal in the Southern States, which had seceded from the Union (11 in total.) The 13th Amendment was passed in December of 1864.


How did the north feel about southern secession in the civil war?

The North was opposed to southern secession in the Civil War. They believed that secession was illegal and saw it as a threat to the unity and stability of the United States. The North aimed to preserve the Union and viewed secession as a rebellion that needed to be suppressed.


How did Abraham Lincoln free slaves from slavery?

He freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation that said slaves could no longer be kept in the rebel states, also known as the South. Lincoln freed the slaves to try to keep the North fighting and to force the South back into the United States, Lincoln wanted to send all the slaves to central america because he did not believe whites and blacks should live together, Lincoln also was a slave owner.


Why would the election of Lincoln in 1860 cause southern states to leave the union?

The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.


Was slavery made illegal throughout the US?

Yes not in the Emancipation Proclamation which freed most slaves but The thirteenth amendment finalized making slavery illegal in the United States in 1865. Abraham Lincoln strongly passed that. It is more accurate to say that the ownership of slaves only among the general public was outlawed in 1865; it is still legal for the Government to enslave its prisoners who are found guilty after due process of the law.