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Q: What battle did Lincoln use to take action against slavery?
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Why did Lincoln end slavery after the battle of antiem creek?

It because he hate on white


Why didn't Lincoln didn't talk about slavery in the slave states?

In fact Lincoln owned slaves and viewed himself as a farmer or common man. Lincoln did not want to ban slavery on states that served as buffers between the Union and Confederacy states because the Confederacy would be able to attack easier its a battle strategy. Lincoln was more concerned with saving the Union at all cost than banning slavery


Why did Lincoln make the civil war a battle of freedom?

To keep the Brtish and French from aiding the Confederates - it would have made them look pro-slavery.


What was significant about this battle in the US Civil War?

The civil war was about slavery. the south was for slavery, and the north was against. The south threatened to break off and be its own country. Abe Lincoln was in office at the time, and he was anti- slavery. It was the country fighting amongst itself, and it was devastating. Most destruction occured in the south. The north helped with fixing the south up. The slaves became free, but segregation did happen after. To which particular battler do you refer?


What battle made Abraham Lincoln say that he would end slavery in the south if the war continued?

Antietam (Sharpsburg) was the Union vixctory in September 1862 that gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, liberating the slaves in the rebel-states - in theory, but not of course in practice, since he did not control those states.