Known to many people as the president who helped free the slaves, Abraham Lincoln is often referred to as "The Great Emancipator". ... The question is does Abraham Lincoln deserve the title " The Great Emancipator?" ... Thus Abraham Lincoln does not but somewhat deserve the title "The Great Emancipator". First off Abraham Lincoln's views of slavery had always been the same from the time of his presidency to his death. ... Abraham Lincoln also did not necessarily free any slave at all. ...

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In 1860, Lincoln Abraham was elected as president of the United States of America. ... Finally Lincoln led the Union to victory and started reconstruction of the country in 1865. ... The highest priority of the war for Lincoln was to save the Union. ... Many historians, such as Allen Guenzo, the author of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America, give Lincoln full credit in emancipation. ... To sum up, Lincoln should not be credited as the "Great Emancipator." ...

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In 1863, Abraham Lincoln passed both Emancipation Proclamations in Congress which saw the abolition of slavery. Many would refer to Lincoln as the "Great Emancipator"" because of his role in the passing of such a profound bill and it is a common belief by many that Lincoln had always been in favor of the abolition of slavery right from the beginning. ... Lincoln was not the only factor which lead to the Emancipation Proclamation being passed. ... However based on the actions taken by those in Congress, in contrast to those of Lincoln, it appears that Lincoln's role as a emancipator is les...

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Abraham Lincoln was not a racist person, yet under politics and pressure from the majority of the white population, he was perceived as discriminatory. Abraham Lincoln always gave the people what they desired and wanted to hear even if it meant pushing away his own views. ... Lincoln knew that white citizens looked down on Negroes, thinking they were superior intellectually, and in general. ... This is how Lincoln won the support of Negrophobes and antislavery men simultaneously. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 is what gave him the exposure needed to Negrophobes and antislavery men. ...

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Lincoln demonstrates a perfect role of presidency, listening to the people's opinions about slavery before making decisions. Lincoln's true feeling about slavery was basically that he was against it but also not in favor of equality. ... Lincoln took his supporter's opinions into account so loyally that by the time of the Emancipation Proclamation, he was in favor of completely abolishing slaver. ... Hofstadter clearly states, "when Lincoln at last determined to move toward emancipation, it was only after all his other policies had failed" (168). ... Consequently, he was forc...

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Then there were persons who opposed slavery, like Lincoln and most of the northern people. ... that Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Union's victory helped slaves to gain their freedom. ... Another important thing that Lincoln did was not to let South to expand slavery to the free territories. ... was the most persuasive and the more rational explanation for his conclusions that it was the driving force of Abraham Lincoln himself that eventually brought an end not only to slavery in the South but to the end of Slavery as an institution in the United States. ... It wa...

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On January 1 in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in states under Confederate control. ... With the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1954, Lincoln became devoted to a cause for the first time in his career. It aroused Lincoln, in his words, "as he had never been before". ... President Lincoln was a truly remarkable person. ... January 1st is a day that should be remembered and commemorated every year as a reminder of the great impact that President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation has had on the African American&#x...

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Emancipation Proclamation - president Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation in September 1862 that all slaves would be declared free in those states that were still in rebellion against the Union at the beginning of 1863. Receiving no official response from the Confederacy, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. ... Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation represented the beginning of the end of slavery in the United States....

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