Transcript Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation

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>.