This is a picture of President Lincoln sitting with the press discussing the Emancipation Proclamation. The press didn't support the emancipation proclamation, but Lincoln's position was to deny the press any say.


This is a picture of a slave trading post. Lincoln wanted to make slave trading or having slaves illegal.



This is a picture the Emancipation Proclamation and this is what pushed the nation further into war. The south didn't want to follow it, the north didn't want slaves and it resulted in war anyway.