Abraham Lincoln And The Great Emancipator

o Lincoln 's reputation as the great emancipator rests largely on his emancipation proclamation, an executive order which went into effect on January 1st, 1863. This order ostensibly freed all the slaves in territory currently rebelling against the United States, i.e. in areas where the US government had no authority to free slaves. This is rather like the United States announcing that, from here on out, North Korea would be ruled by Lady Gaga. Sure, it 's a great idea, but it 's not really your jurisdiction. In areas where the US did have the authority to free slaves--the border states and some of the areas of the Confederacy that had been effectively conquered and occupied by federal troops, those slaves were not freed. So Lincoln

Lincoln debates that the emancipation of slaves from the Emancipation Proclamation is making a big deal over really nothing. No slaves will be affected by the Emancipation Proclamation, because the people that have to enforce it will not enforce it. Lincoln compared it to how Pope Callixtus III excommunicated Halley’s Comet. The comet was seen as an omen of troubles to come to Pope Callixtus III so he just got rid of all of its affiliations from the church. Lincoln sees this as a chance to make it seem like a difference is being made in America with some slaves being set free but none really are. Lincoln also pointed out the problem if a mass amount of slaves started to come to the North for refuge. How could the North support all the slaves

The Civil War of the American had led to the major change to the American society in general and also the status of black Americans specifically. During the period prior to the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln had contributed not only his ideal but his passion of a nation in which every person is created equal based on the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and started his plan on freeing the slaves and also to put an end to the American Civil war in order to reunite the States through the Emancipation Proclamation. His ambitious of emancipating the slaves and reunite the nation are the importance factors that helps Abraham Lincoln deserves his accolade of “The Great Emancipator.”

In school we are taught that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. This statement is reinforced continuously throughout our education, beginning from the time we are in elementary school to when we are in high school. However, it’s never really expounded upon when taught. The discussion never goes further than ‘Abraham Lincoln enacted the Emancipation Proclamation and thus freed the slaves’, but is still able to instill the implication that he did so out of his own moral values and that life for ex-slaves was better for it. The truth of the matter is actually the complete opposite. The emancipation proclamation was a purely political decision that instead of truly freeing the slaves, only served to keep them bound.

An example of a presidential executive order which congress did not authorise would be Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

Although Abraham Lincoln wanted to free African American slaves and thought slavery was wrong he did not believe they should have the same social and political rights. The mid 1800s was a time that separated the black and white race immensely. The northern states and the southern states of the United States was divided on the issues of slavery among other reasons which led to the civil war. The civil war was the beginning of struggling African American slaves journey to freedom with the help of Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. Slavery in the northern states never reached the severity in most plantations that it did in the South, and it was common knowledge that being a slave in the South was, in a way, more harsh than the North, leading to a much larger number of slaves being held captive in southern states. Many people in the southern states used biblical passages to justify slavery and said that if slavery was abolished there would be unquestionable chaos and unemployment. Despite all of the people that did not think that slavery was wrong, one man stood and took the blunt of the judgement by the people named Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln viewed slavery as wrong, but knew that the nation’s founding fathers struggled with how to address the issue of slavery. There were several ideas on how abolish slavery during the 1800s, including colonization and the Emancipation Proclamation, but these ideas were not introduced into law because the general public

President Abraham Lincoln has been revered as one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States. He is known for his great effect on slavery and served his terms during the civil war in a time of great controversy. The American Civil War (1860-1865) occurred at the exact time of Lincoln's presidency (1861-1865). The North and the South were divided and a big issue was slavery, on which Lincoln took an anti-slavery stance. Lincoln has been called many things because of his views "from the great emancipator to the reluctant emancipator to the white supremacist, or, in more vulgar terms, Lincoln as just another honkie" (Hubbell 1). While many people believe Abraham Lincoln to be the "Great Emancipator" of the times, he was

In 1862, thousands of enslaved African Americans headed to the Union lines as President Lincoln’s troops marched through the south, to push and fight for their rights. A common belief about the slaves was that they were accustomed to the bondage and basically, did not mind that they were slaves. This, of course, was a myth, and them heading to the Union lines during the Civil War further proved to Lincoln that he needed to free them. Prior to this, Lincoln personally did not support the enslavement but was concerned as to how the Northern slave states would react to the Union wanting to free their slaves. He was worried they would join the Confederacy. However, he realized that emancipation was a necessity, both politically and for the military.

In Virginia September,1858, he gave another speech in which he stated that he had never had the intention of bringing together the social and political equality of white and black races. He believed in having the superior role assigned to the whites (Doc 1&2). Noting that these two speeches were irreconcilable, Lincoln’s strategic way of telling the north and south what they wanted to hear conveys how his prosperous mechanism in being elected would give him the title of being a “great” leader. His reluctance for creating the Emancipation Proclamation was more for a political basis than anything else. Lincoln was afraid of losing support from the border states and the northern democrats. Lincoln did try to execute a more compromising structure of the emancipation, much like colonization and compensation. Furthermore, playing politician and bribing others manifests the great lengths he took to get the job

On September 22, 1862, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, issued the first, or preliminary, Emancipation Proclamation. In this document he warned that unless the states of the Confederacy returned to the Union by January 1, 1863, he would declare their slaves to be “forever free.” During the Civil War, he was fighting to save the Union and trying not to free the slaves. Lincoln was quoted to say, “I am not, nor have ever been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races.” The Emancipation Proclamation illustrated this view.

Behind the great emancipator's created public persona lies the real Abraham Lincoln, a man who not only used his political standing on slavery to get into presidency by consistently changing his opinion on them, but actually had an ulterior motive to free the slaves with a questionable document, the emancipation proclamation. While some historians like Eric Foner in The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery and Richard Striner’s Father Abraham: Lincoln’s Relentless Struggle To End Slavery would agree that this change can be described as growth, others like James Oakes essay Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861 - 1865 would say that it was all part of his initial plan to free the slaves. James M. McPherson would complement Lincoln on his character, but other more daring historians would challenge the idea that Lincoln had actually freed the slaves with the emancipation proclamation, something Henry Louis Gates’s Lincoln on Race &

During the Abraham Lincoln’s short time as president, he managed not only to save a nation deeply divided and at war with itself, but to solidify the United States of America as a nation dedicated to the progress of civil rights. Years after his death, he was awarded the title of ‘The Great Emancipator.’ In this paper, I will examine many different aspects of Lincoln’s presidency in order to come to a conclusion: whether this title bestowed unto Lincoln was deserved, or not. In order to fully understand Lincoln, it is necessary to understand the motives that drove this man to action. While some of his intentions may not have been for the welfare of slaves, but for the preservation of the Union,

Lincoln believed that he had “no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.” Lincoln continues and says, “I believe that I have not lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so” (Majewaki, pg. 70). Lincoln was a humble politician. He in no way wanted to endanger the unity of the nation.

Abraham Lincoln will always be remembered as one of the most respectful presidents that helped abolish slavery with his Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation played a significant role in the nature of the Civil War that saved the union and freed millions of slaves while being hated by the South. Sadly, Lincoln’s term was cut short when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 in Washington D.C. “The whole Lincoln assassination is a terrible tragedy” (Dugard 236). The incident was truly devastating as his twelve-year-old Tad Lincoln shouts saying, “They’ve killed Papa dead” (Dugard 214).

From everyone at Peirce School, thank you so much for helping us do more argumentation and debate this year! This year everyone has been able to gain more understanding about the topic we have discussed just by using strategies such as debating a question. Doing this has helped all of us when we do socratic seminars, write essays, classroom debates, and much more. So far we have done debates about Opening The West, discussed debatable questions from books we’ve read this year such as Warriors Don’t Cry, To Kill A Mockingbird, The House On Mango Street, and Maus, and completed essays on important questions such as, is Abraham Lincoln the Great Emancipator, what was the main factor in Opening The West.