Question

What helped Lincoln decide to address the issue of slavery in the south ?

Answer 1

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. With it, he freed all slaves in Confederate or contested areas of the South. However, the Proclamation did not include slaves in non-Confederate border states and in parts of the Confederacy under Union control.

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Answer 2

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He wanted to show the world that this war was about slavery and since the world had pretty much decided slavery was wrong already this would mean that no one could help the south. This was important because England relied on the South for much of its cotton and the Union was worried that this means that England would support them. If the Union had to fight against England as well they would surely lose.