Emancipation Proclamation affect Abraham Lincoln?

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His purpose was to keep the Union together so he could keep 75% of Gov revenues and the warm water ports.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed no one . Since it only freed those in States of "rebellion" for which he had no jurisdiction, he freed no one.

He might as well have said slaves were free in Mexico.
 
does anyone know how it affected him, What Abraham Lincoln's fears or hopes were for the future. How he felt about the Emancipation Proclamation? What he was doing at the time of the event. or how he heard about it. please &; thank you [:
 
he felt he had to do what was right to preserve the union. he apposed slavery personally and it worked in his political favor to appose it publicly. he wrote the emancipation proclamation.
 
he wanted to save the union (with or without freeing the slaves) and end the war fast
 
If you read the short but VERY revealing book entitled "The Politically Incorrect Guide to The South; And Why It Will Rise Again" by Clint Johnson (2006), you'll find the exact answers you're looking for. They're on pages 169 - 170 and 185 - 187. Also look on page 199. I bought my copy of the book from The Conservative Book Club for $19.95. You can find them online, so you won't have any problems getting your copy. God Bless you.
 
The answer from Lincoln's own mouth:

"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause." The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume V, "Letter to Horace Greeley" (August 22, 1862), p. 388.

"I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. I say upon this occasion I do not perceive that because the white man is to have the superior position the negro should be denied everything." The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume III, "Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Charleston, Illinois" (September 18, 1858), pp. 145-146.

That should answer your questions.
 
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