Answer to Question #89763 in History for niah

Question

How did Abraham Lincoln’s policies and attitudes toward Black people change during the Civil War? Overall who freed the slaves? Is Lincoln “the Great Emancipator,” what role did the Union Generals play, and how much credit should be given to Blacks for authoring their own liberation?

Answer 1

The Emancipation Proclamation declared the freedom of all slaves and then named 10 specific states where the law would take affect, that Lincoln publicly rejected his earlier views. Lincoln was as “the Great Emancipator,” the one who freed African-American slaves.