Lincoln starts by saying that all slaves within the states that have rebelled against the United States shall be free, and that the government will fight to uphold these freedoms. Lincoln then goes on to list the states that this proclamation applies to, and thereby turns this war into a moral war.
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| Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation(click hyperlink for source) |
My source for this:
Emancipation Proclamation
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