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This key Civil War leader claimed to be fighting to preserve the Union, not to abolish slavery. However, on January 1, 1863, after a show of Union strength at Antietam, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared certain slaves "forever free." Which famous Civil War figure is described above?

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Abraham Lincoln was the person described above.


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President Abraham Lincoln is described above.
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