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Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because?
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The issue of union vs. secession was more resonant with the majority of people in the North than the concept of fighting to liberate African American slaves in the South. There were draft riots in Irish neighborhoods in New York where the idea of fighting to liberate Black people would have been highly unpopular. Lincoln had to keep the war effort going without creating overt civil disobedience in urban ares of the North.
He didn't care about abolition. It's a shame they teach what they teach in High School. Then they wonder why children are falling behind in this Country. The Emancipation Proclamation only covered the REBEL States, not the NORTHERN STATES THAT STILL ALLOWED SLAVERY. You know the ones he had full control over. It was only done to try and keep France and England out of the war. As far as Lincoln was concerned he just wanted to keep the Union together.