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5-1 Discussion Emancipation

5-1 Discussion Emancipation

Q During the early phase of the war, which we discussed in the last module, the stated goal of the Lincoln administration was the maintenance of the Union, not the abolition of slavery. However, after the second battle of Bull Run, serious debate over the military necessity of the emancipation of slaves began to take place in the North. In this module, we will examine the debate surrounding the issue of emancipation and Lincoln’s ultimate issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. For your initial post, analyze the Emancipation Proclamation by responding to one of the following questions: • How did Lincoln’s proclamation change the military aspects of the war? • How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the moral context of the Civil War? • Why did Lincoln choose the time period after the Battle of Antietam to issue the emancipation?

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The Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln came to be one of the major turning points in the Civil War because the fight was not just a struggle to free slaves but for the overall freedom of the enslaved people. The enslaved people had suffered many years of bondage and slavery and now they just did not want to fight for the Union but for their freedom. Lincoln felt the need to free the slaves and it was the only right thing that had to be done. Moral context means that people fight for the cause and what they believe is right.