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In fact Lincoln owned slaves and viewed himself as a farmer or common man. Lincoln did not want to ban slavery on states that served as buffers between the Union and Confederacy states because the Confederacy would be able to attack easier its a battle strategy. Lincoln was more concerned with saving the Union at all cost than banning slavery
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How many free and slave states where there at the end of slavery?
If its the end of slavery then all of the states were free
Which state was not a slave state?
All the Northern states were free soil. Then there were four slave-states of the Upper South which did not vote Confederate. Lincoln kept them onside by allowing them practise slavery for the duration of the war. Those states were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware.
How many states were against slavery?
15 out of 34 states were slave states.
Why did Abraham Lincoln say that he was fighting to end slayery at the beginning of the civil war?
Lincoln believed it was important to keep these borders states in union, even though that were slave states. That is why in 1861 he continued to say that his aim was to hold the united states together, not to abolish slavery.
Why did some southern states want to withdraw from the Union?
The North and South were arguing about the existance of slavery, and Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He was anti-slavery, and abolishing slavery would destroy the South's slave based economy (cotton). They seceeded from the Union to keep their slaves.
What are the slave states that didnt secede called?
there isn't really a name for them, they are like any state but they have slavery. you could call them southern slave states or slave states, or southern states...... there is no definition for slave states that didnt secede proir to the civil war
Did California ban slavery?
Yes they did. Abraham Lincoln banned slavery from slave states that included California.
Abraham Lincoln assassination slave point of view?
Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, and to forgive the states that were defeated.
What was Lincoln's main position on slavery?
Lincoln was at first undecided about slavery. Later on, his views were that all men were created equal and slavery had not place in the US.
Did Abraham Lincoln believe that slavery was unconstitutional in the slave states?
Yes, hence why he issued the emancipation proclamation
What were some slave states in 1863?
All of the Union states that allowed slavery before the war were not affected by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
What positions did Lincoln and Douglas take in their debates?
Both had a strong position in the Anti Slavery debate. They both were against slavery and agreed that there should be no more slave states.
What did the emancipation proclamation affect and who didnt it affect?
It applied to slaves in the states that were in rebellion (where, of course, Lincoln had no authority at that time). It did not apply to slaves in the four slave-states that had remained loyal. Lincoln did not want to upset powerful slave-owners in these states, and drive them into the arms of the Confederacy.
What did Abraham Lincoln have to do with the slave trade?
HE ABOLISHED SLAVERY
What position did Lincoln and Douglas take their debates?
Both had a strong position in the Anti Slavery debate. They both were against slavery and agreed that there should be no more slave states.
How did Lincoln's election affect South Carolina and other slave states?
It caused the south to secede in order to keep their slavery alive .
What were states that had slavery called?
slave states or confederate
