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Why didn’t Lincoln free all the slaves in the United States?

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Border states—slave states that stayed in the Union—might strongly object to freeing all slaves during the war. Such a move might convince more people to join the Confederacy.

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Because all of the of South didn't have to listen to Lincoln, So they kept on having the slaves and ignoring Lincolns command.
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