Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Mission

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From the very beginning of the Civil War Abraham Lincoln’s mission was to maintain the Union. In order to fulfill this mission he established the Emancipation Proclamation stating that all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a States, the people whereof shall then by in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, therefore forward and forever free. The proclamation was targeted towards slaves in the Confederate lands and worded very carefully as it does not outlaw slavery nor grant citizenship to the slaves but provides them a chance towards freedom if they help Lincoln fulfill his mission.

The Emancipation Proclamation angered the South, inspired abolitionists, and undermined aboard prospects such as Europe. This was all apart of Lincoln “strategy for defeating the South and restoring the Union”(Gates 133). Lincoln angered the South by influencing slaves to leave the Confederacy and join the Union. The abolitionists took advantage of the opportunity that the proclamation handed them by sending out recruiters such as Frederick Douglass to recruit African American’s to join the Union, as their status would change quickly from enslaved to freedom. By publishing this proclamation Lincoln undermined European prospects that wished to help the Confederacy. Ultimately all three of these impacts made Lincoln’s mission easier to fulfill.
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Before the Emancipation Proclamation the Civil War’s main purpose was white slavery whereas after the publication it began to provide more goals such as freeing