Quick Question: If Lincoln fought the civil war to
Posted on: February 21, 2019 at 10:50:56 CT
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end slavery, why did he wait for the confederacy to attack? Why not state in 1861 "I want to end slavery and I'm taking the confederacy to war to force them to alter their state constitutions to forbid slavery?"
Why not make the emancipation proclamation at that time as well?