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Abraham Lincoln tried to give blacks equal rights, and in some way was trying to abolish slavery.
He did this by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, which was first and foremost, issued a a military tactic, to further quash the Confederacy's power. It was also an opportunity to achieve his goal, to abolish slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation did free slaves in those states, which were not under the Union's command. It did not outlaw slavery, or free slaves in the Border States. The Emancipation Proclamation was also the event, which paved the way to pass the 13th Amendment, which did abolish and outlaw slavery. The 13th Amendment was passed by both Houses, and signed by Abraham Lincoln on February 1, 1865. It was incorporated into the Constitution, when 3/4 of the states ratified it, in December 1865.
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MaxineLincoln thought of slavery as offensive, he always hated the idea that one could own another. In those times southerners had rights to have slaves. Lincoln didn't try to force abolition to slavery because that might cause more problems than it would solve, plus, he thought that southerners would end slavery by themselves or it would die of natural cause. The only places he didn't allow slavery was in Mexican territory or in new states
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Lincoln made speeches against slavery all of his political life, from the House Divided Speech, to the Cooper Union, to his debates with Stephen Douglas. As president, he signed the Emancipation Proclamation and allowed slaves to be considered contraband property to release them from slavery when Federal troops entered the territory in which they lived, or if they managed to make it to the Federal lines on their own. He lobbied for the 14th Amendment to make emancipation permanent once the war ended.
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Who debated the slavery issue with Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln Debated Stephen Douglas numerous times during their run for the U.S Senate in1858. Many other things were discussed also but Slavery was becoming a large issue for the morality of the times.Very good question! R Rawlings
Why did the Crittenden Compromise fail?
Abraham Lincoln did not believe that he needed to compromise with the South on the issue of expansion of slavery in the Territories. He thought that the Southern States were bluffing and would not leave the Union.
What caused the out beak of the civil war?
The proximate cause was the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860; white Southerners feared, correctly, that Lincoln would work to end slavery in the US. Slavery was the principal cause of the US Civil War; states' rights were a secondary issue.
Who urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a war tactic?
Abraham Lincoln was an anti-slavery candidate in 1860. He had every intention of freeing the slaves as soon as it was possible. However, history records that Frederick Douglass encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation as a war tactic.
Did the Civil War started the issue from slavery?
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. If you're asking if the civil war started the issue of slavery, no. Slavery was always an issue. If you're asking if slavery started the civil war, not exactly. The point of the civil war according to Abraham Lincoln was to preserve the Union. The Confederacy was only fighting in defense. Eventually slavery became abolished as an aftermath of the civil war, but the only reason the war itself was started was in order to preserve the Union.
