Question

What action provided the basis for the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 1

Lincoln wanting to bring the freed slaves on his side, so he turned it from a civil war to a war of freedom.

Answer 2

From the first days of the Civil War, slaves had acted to secure their own liberty. The Emancipation Proclamation confirmed their insistence that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom. It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically.

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