“Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation” Out of all the documents signed throughout history in attempt to benefit our country, Abraham Lincoln felt that his document, Emancipation Proclamation, was most important. On January 1, 1763, approaching the third year of the very bloody civil war, President Abraham Lincoln released the Proclamation which declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states, “ are, and henceforward shall be free”(U.S National Archives & Records Administration). However, this only applied to the states that had been labeled as being rebellion, not to the slaveholding border states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and the areas that the Confederacy had already come under the Union Control. Abraham Lincoln released the document at the right time to ensure that it would make a positive impact and change completely, the aim of the war. To this day, the Emancipation Proclamation shows an example of equality and cognizance (Weider History Group, n.p). In August of 1861, during the Civil War, Congress had passed their first Confiscation Act of many. Confiscation is known as the seizing of someone's property without authority. The act was used against any property, which included slaves as well, used in the rebellion against the U.S government (Weider History Group, n.p). Union major general, John C. Fermont, Commander of the Department of the West, had issued an order which declared martial law in Missouri, as well as freeing all slave states that were held by Missouri secessionists (Weider History Group, n.p). Lincoln had ordered Fermont to change the order to conform the First Confiscation Act, in fear that it might link abolition with the war that could cause the slave... ... middle of paper ... ...rmies, at that point didn’t have to be returned due to the words of the proclamation. They were considered, “forever free” (Weiders History Guide, n.p). The main reason President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation mainly as a war measure. The biggest impact that was made off of this document was how for the first time, it placed U.S government against “peculiar institution”, which placed a barrier between the South, and the recognition by the European nations which outlawed slavery (Weider History Group, n.p). The south relied on aid from France and England. In many articles within the Confederate States’ Constitution, slavery had only been protected in the Confederacy, but in other articles of the U.S Constitution, it also stated that it protected slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation made a vivid distinction of the two (Weider History Group, n.p).
First, Emancipation Proclamation pronounced that freed slaves could be enlisted in the Union Army, so that Union Army can increase their manpower through Black recruitment. It is strategically very important to subdue the opposition force. Lincoln knew the weakness of the confederate army, and their lack of resources. The Emancipation allowed many Black people to join the Union army, which was strategically significant idea; however, the Proclamation did not actually free the slaves in the Union states. The Proclamation extended the goal of
Behind the scenes of Manifest Destiny, what really transformed the country was the ability to move products across great distances and the Erie Canal was a huge turning point for economic growth in America. Opened in 1825, the Erie Canal was the engineering breakthrough of the nineteenth century: Its four waterways would connect manufacturing and eastern ports with the rest of the country. Farmers could now ship their goods, they could move out, come down the Hudson River and this way of commuting became a part of a global economy. This Moment would bring about the thought of expansion which will become the fuse to enormous economic growth that will ultimately in the next century, become the belief of manifest destiny. The nation that both reflected the pride which reflected American nationalism, and the idealistic image of social perfection through God and the Church caused the nation to separate.
In congruence with President Lincoln’s statements regarding the differentiation between fighting the confederates and ending slavery, Union officers upheld slaveholders constitutionally guaranteed right to own slaves. They continually reassured slave holders in loyal boarder states that the Union would not be fighting against the institution of slavery and any runaway slaves would be returned. This policy was strictly followed by most generals and many runaway slaves were returned to their masters to face punishment or death. Despite this danger, slaves continued to run away and enter Union lines. As this persisted, many Union officers were forced to reconsider the official policy of their superiors. General Benjamin F. Butler was one of the first to break the trend, providing food and shelter to slaves who had previously worked for the Confederacy, and ultimately putting the able-bodied men to work. He justified his actions...
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 during the civil war, as main goal to win the war. Some historians argued that it was based on feelings towards slaves because not only it freed slaves in the South; it was also a huge step for the real abolition of slavery in the United States. While other historians argued that it was a military tactic because it strengthened the Union army, because the emancipated slaves were joining the Union thus providing a larger manpower than the Confederacy . The Emancipation Proclamation emancipated slaves only in the Confederacy and did not apply to the Border-states and the Union states.
No doubt, famous historical figure Abraham Lincoln was a key figure for the United States during its Civil War. Whenever he’s spoken of in the educational system, he’s known as the man who freed the slaves. During Lincoln’s presidency, he implemented an order that would forever affect the slaves and the outcome of the Civil War. On September 22, 1862, he released the preliminary announcement for the Emancipation Proclamation. It eventually went into full effect on January 1st, 1863, during the second year of the Civil War. As President Lincoln signed the proclamation on New Year 's day in his office, he quoted, “I never felt more certain, that I was doing right, than signing this paper.”
During the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln had many decisions that he had to make, but the Emancipation Proclamation was the most important decision during his presidency. The Proclamation would abolish slavery only in states of rebellion and make tens of thousands of slaves in those states free and recruit them into the union army. In the making of the proclamation, Lincoln feared that it would push the loyal border states to the confederacy. Also many questioned if the Emancipation Proclamation was going to be Constitutional. Even with those who fear it, Lincoln pushed forward, and justified that it was not only a matter of military necessity but as an act of justice. The decisions that he had
Lincoln initially proposed the thought of the Emancipation Proclamation to his bureau in the mid year of 1862 as a war measure to handicap the Confederacy. Lincoln construed that if the slaves in the Southern states were liberated, then the Confederacy could no more utilize them as workers to bolster the armed force in the field, in this manner impeding the viability of the Confederate war exertion. As an adroit legislator, nonetheless, Lincoln expected to demonstrate that the Union government could authorize the Proclamation and secure the liberated slaves. On September 22, 1862, after the Union "triumph" at the
The Emancipation Proclamation changed the Civil War because they were no longer fighting to preserve the union but now to free slaves. This was an issue for the south because if they lost then they would lose all there slaves. That would affect their economy because the production of recourses would be lower because there would be no one to work the plantations. The north wanted to free slaves because they didn’t agree that it was right to hold people to make them work and to treat them harshly like they did on the plantations. While the Emancipation Proclamation did not free a single slave, it was an important turning point in the war because it was transforming the fight to preserve the nation into a battle for human freedom. The purpose
The Emancipation Proclamation was the federal action that ultimately freed the slaves and changed that narrative of the war, and was delivered on January 1, 1863. After nearly two full years of war, Union citizens were getting quite restless. The war was bogged down, and extremely bloody, and as a result both side suffered many causalities. As more and more sons, brothers, fathers, and friends were dying in the battlefield, the general feeling in the Union was to let the Confederacy have its independence. Lincoln recognized the animosity towards fighting the war, and realized he needed to give his countrymen a real reason to fight. Lincoln could see it in his soldiers as well. The North clearly had the military superiority over the Confederacy.
One of the most important acts in the entire history of the United States was the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. It is obvious that the Proclamation would affect the immediate political and military situation of the Union, as well as the Confederacy, but it also had far reaching effects even up to this day. While the Emancipation Proclamation did not directly end slavery, it did deal slavery a massive blow and set the nation up for abolition in the end. Because the Proclamation was such an important piece of legislation, it is worthwhile to examine the political and military situations that led President Lincoln to issue it.
His self-proclaimed “official duty” as the President of the United States had in fact been to save the Union at all costs, whether it result in the saving or terminating of slavery, or even an intermediary outcome. Moreover, the Proclamation’s primary purpose had also been to settle the widespread, treacherous slave rebellion occurring at the time of the Civil War. Were Lincoln to have refrained from issuing the Proclamation, slaves would have effected an unmanageable insurrection, and the nation would doubtless have collapsed into an unrecoverable state of ruin in all aspects. As such, Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation had been further justified, and his modern heroic standing is even more
An analysis of these two U.S seminal documents shows the similarities and differences involved in these to important issues and orders given by the president. The emancipation proclamation was an executive order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 it changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved people. They carefully framed the conflict as concerning the preservation of the Union rather than the abolition of slavery. He knew nobody would accept this offer northerners or slave boarders would. On September 22nd soon after the Union victory at Antietam, he issued an emancipation proclamation declaring that as of January 1st 1863 all slaves in the rebellious states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free" although the
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which caused the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and it created the Civil War to be considered as a fight against slavery. Based on Lincoln’s earlier stated ideas regarding slavery, the Emancipation of slaves was not the first reason that Lincoln engaged in the Union in the Civil War. In fact, he even saw it as a potential threat to the goal of keeping the Union together. Lincoln did not believe he had any authority to free anyone’s slaves. He even hoped that if the South considered that a compromise could be worked out, the South would give in if the North had the possibility of making the reunified Union, slave free. The Emancipation Proclamation had several
Trumbull tried moving a little too fast when it came to his bills, not realizing that his world wasn’t ready for civil rights. He must establish the thought of human rights first before even trying to convince Confederates that Civil Rights are necessary. Mr. Trumbull was one of the Senators helping with the Confiscation Acts. The Confiscation Acts was several laws passed by the federal government. The first law passed was identical to a declaration of emancipation. The second was the Emancipation Proclamation. Slaves of civil and military confederate officials “shall be forever free” and it was only enforced in Union conquered areas or states. President Lincoln approved of Trumbull’s sponsorship of the Thirteenth Amendment that abolished slavery. Trumbull’s argument of emancipation was this, “The right to free the slaves of rebels would be equally clear with that to confiscate their property generally for it is as property that they profess to hold them; but as one of the most efficient means of attaining the end for which the armies of the Union have been called forth, the right to restore them the God-given liberty of which they have been unjustly deprived, is doubly clear.” (Note) Senator Lyman Trumbull and Senator William Fessenden being head of the Reconstruction Committee introduced the Freedman’s Bureau and President Johnson vetoed
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, when the nation was on the verge of its third year of warfare. The bill proclaimed two ideas. First, all slaves within the borders of the states that had rebelled in 1860 would become free of labor. Second, the order allowed African - American and Black people to join the Union army. Because of this bill, the slaves, who had fought to secure their liberty since the start of slavery in 1619, could now participate in their walk towards freedom.