Question:
Explain Abraham Lincoln’s stance on slavery before and after the outbreak of the Civil War.
Answer:
Before the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln opposed the spread of slavery in the United States, but he did not think it was possible to abolish it where it already existed. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Lincoln pursued a more aggressive course and issued the Emancipation Proclamation which declared that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were to be freed. He also strongly advocated for the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery throughout the entire United States.
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