Essay On The Importance Of The Emancipation Proclamation

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The Significance of the Emancipation Proclamation to the Civil War

The Emancipation Proclamation was very significant to the Civil War because Abraham Lincoln brought it up as a war tactic to make the Confederates vulnerable and when it was passed it had a very huge effect on the direction the war was heading and what was happening. He believed that if the slaves of the Southern states were free then the Confederates could not keep them for themselves so that they could do their work for them or go into war for them therefore their army would be weaker and it would limit their power which would get in their way of beating the other side. The Confederates efforts would deteriorate and they likely would not be able to beat the other side. …show more content…

Abraham Lincoln initially wanted to free slaves from the places where Confederacy resided but had to rethink his decision because that would be unfair to the African Americans who were still slaves. Because of the president’s quick thinking and smart planning such came out of the whole ordeal. Things were getting out of hand and were going from bad to worse therefore something had to be done to prevent utter chaos so the president had to step up because it was his duty to lead the United States in the right direction. Drafting the Emancipation Proclamation was an idea that was a last resort because Lincoln did not want to lose the war. As the Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery along the way more soldiers were added to the President’s army which he was the commander in chief of which would lead to victory. In the beginning of the Civil War the president viewed it as a way to make the Union a constant and it was not for freeing the slaves even though he clearly did not like the thought of slavery or better yet slavery itself but he was a noble man who wanted to abide by the rules of the Constitution. He also had his reasons for not doing anything sooner which was that he did not want the state's that were pro slavery to back out from supporting the Union. Overall the Emancipation had a huge significance towards the Civil