Differences Between Alexander The Second And Lincoln

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1B) The message conveyed by the source is Alexander the second and Abraham Lincoln are alike in many ways. They were both leaders of powerful nations, and was considered radicals of their time. The both emancipated the underclass citizens (the slaves and the serfs), and the both emancipated them for similar reasons. Alexander like Abraham Lincoln emancipated the citizens at the bottom of the hierarchy because he was forced to. There was riots that couldn’t be contained, rapid debt build up, and the nation of the whole was barely standing. Abraham Lincoln emancipated the slaves because he felt he had to, also the south had just seceded the union, and emancipating the slaves was one of the only ways he could keep the union from falling apart.