Lincoln's reasons for issuing the proclamation

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3 May, 10:27

Lincoln's reasons for issuing the proclamation

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The Emancipation Proclamation broadened the goals of the Civil War. While slavery had been a major issue that led to the war, Lincoln's only mission at the start of the war was to maintain the Union. The Proclamation made freeing the slaves an explicit goal of the Union war effort.