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How did Abraham Lincoln get rid of slavery?

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Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. It freed all slaves in the states that were part of the Confederation who were not returned to the Union by January 1, 1863. It did not specifically free slaves already in states part of the Union, but slavery was already looked down upon in the North.

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