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Why did lincoln wait until after the battle of antietam to announce the emancipation proclamation?

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He waited so he could do so on the heels of a successful union military advance. So no more conflict would have to be dissolved.

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He waited so he could do so on the heels of a successful union military advance. So no more conflict would have to be dissolved.
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