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Civil War Essay
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Content: After the Battle of Antietam in the Civil War, President Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation. He stated that any slaves in the states that were in rebellion against the Union, were declared free. ( Doc 1) When the thirteenth amendment was passed, it was official that all men, women, and children held in slavery were declared free people in the country. Today, slavery does not exist in the United States, and never will in the future because of...
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...15th 2013 AP US History Unit 7 Essay African Americans and the Civil War Slavery affected many of the political reasons that contributed to causing the Civil War in 1961. Most in the Northern states including President Lincoln were more concerned with preserving the Union rather than fighting for the freedom of all. On the other hand the South fought to preserve what they believed to be absolute state rights. However the overall goals of the war were altered signi