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This key Civil war leader claimed to be fighting to preserve the union, not to abolish slavery. However, on January 1, 1863, after a show of Union strength at Antietam, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared certain slaves "forever free".

which famous civil war figure is described?

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I believe that was president Abraham Lincoln.
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