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yes, my civics teacher told me. he's known as the great emancipator. Lincoln, during the Civil war, was politically for slavery, but not morally. He only did this because he felt it would improve people's opinions about him, making it easier for him to maneuver throughout the battlefield without the public questioning him. Although he did state he had slaves, he treated them as family members and respected them. He eventually released the Emancipation Proclamation Act, which released all slaves in all states. Unfortunately, he did not control every state and slaves in the uncontrolled states were still held by the South.

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Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, does have the title 'The Great Emancipator.' This was bestowed upon him as the result of his signing the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. In this regard, no matter what anyone else may say, Lincoln was indeed the Great Emancipator.

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Abraham Lincoln has been called the Great Emancipator because he was the politician who first took active steps toward abolishing slavery, including the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation and galvanizing support for the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was codified into law eight months after Lincoln's untimely death.

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Abraham Lincoln was called the great Emancipator because he was honest and he freed the slaves

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He isssued the Emancipation Proclamation, ordering the freeing of slaves in the rebelling states.

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He is called the great emancipator because he was honest and he released the slaves

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President Abraham Lincoln penned the famous Emancipation Proclamation in January of 1863. It granted freedom to all slaves of the rebellious states.

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Yes. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

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