Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves living in the US by giving his famous Emancipation Proclamation.
Addendum: This statement is not correct. The Emancipation Proclamation only offered freedom to those Southern Slaves able to escape to the North. Slavery was practiced before his Proclamation in the North as well as after and until 6 months after the Civil War.
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He was president when it was written and put into effect. The proclamation did little for the slaves, but it was a good political action.
Abraham Lincoln stopped slavery on September 22nd, 1862
he was a general in the amerian revolution
Abraham Lincoln was so important because he abolished SLAVERY HE WAS SO AMAZING DO YOU PEOPLE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT HE IS I MEAN SERIOUSLY HE WAS A GREAT GUY.WELL APPRECIATED TOO!
Abraham Lincoln was raised by his father who was a strict Baptist and did not believe in slavery. His views and the encounters Lincoln had with slaves themselves influenced his views on slavery.
To end slavery