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Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation By John and Allison Before Emancipation Proclamation • Civil War rationale – Not about abolition of slavery – Wanted to keep the Union together • Lincoln – Overruled two military commanders who tried to abolish slavery Emancipation Proclamation • Lincoln worked on the initial draft secretly • Did not inform cabinet members until first draft finished • Lincoln issued preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862 after Battle of Antietam Emancipation Proclamation • Confederates were to return to the Union by January 1, 1863 • If not, all slaves “shall be then henceforward, and forever free.” • Border states like Tennessee, Maryland, Kentucky, and parts of Louisiana and Virginia were exempt. Issues Proclamation solved • Military – Proclamation necessary because it seized enemy territory • Foreign Affairs – England and France had been considering recognizing the Confederacy as a country, but the proclamation ended these inclinations Reactions to the issuing of the Proclamation • Peace Democrats • Republican fears • Lincoln and Radical Republicans – Thirteenth Amendment: December 1865 Works Cited • Maier, Pauline et al. Inventing America: A History of the United States. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2003 • "Emancipation Proclamation". Travel & History. 12-9-09 <http://www.u-shistory.com/pages/h119.html>.
