What was Lincoln's most likely purpose for issuing the emancipation proclamation?
English · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Abraham Lincoln's most likely purpose for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation was to alter the legal status of over three million enslaved African Americans in the Confederate states from enslaved to free. By doing this, Lincoln intended to weaken the Confederacy's ability to sustain its war effort against the Union during the American Civil War. The Proclamation also aimed at galvanizing support for the Union cause, both domestically and internationally, by adding a profound moral incentive to the war effort and making it harder for foreign nations to support the Confederacy