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Who were the two men that helped lincoln to plan the emancipation proclamation?

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There are two men who helped Lincoln to plan the emancipation proclamation: Salmon P. Chase and Edwin M. Stanton.

Salmon P. Chase was an abolitionist who had helped to draft the Freedmen's Bureau bill in 1865, which allowed free blacks to live in the United States and to have certain rights. He was also instrumental in helping Lincoln draft the proclamation.

Edwin M. Stanton was the Secretary of War at this time, and he believed strongly that Lincoln should issue a proclamation freeing slaves in order to keep the Union together. He also believed that it would help end the war sooner by providing more soldiers for the Union army because many slaves were escaping from their plantations and joining up with Union troops as they moved southward into Confederate territory."

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