Abraham Lincoln Slavery Thesis Statement
On January 1,1893, during heightened concerns about Union victory in the Civil War,
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing enslaved people in
the Confederate States. While the proclamation was only a technical triumph for enslaved
people, it did make the ending of slavery an explicit war goal, inspire Union troops, and laid
the foundation for the passage of the 13th amendment.
