Because he was president and he needs to take care of people. Plus, the south ad the north well the north didnt really mind, but they voted/ wanted him to.. so he did, because he was quite humble....
With his Emancipation Proclamation, effective January 1st 1863.It meant that Britain and France could not aid the Confederacy without looking pro-slavery themselves.It also meant that Union troops in...
Lincoln was against slavery. While it was true that he was not willing to go to war over slavery itself, that does not mean he supported slavery. Read his speeches that date back to the early 1850's...