Accurately depicts the end of slavery

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2015)

This movie is set in early 1865 during an intense period in history. The Union and the Confederacy were trying to work out an end of the Civil War and the House of Representatives was debating the 13th amendment. The purpose of the 13th amendment was to free all slaves in the United States but it was also just a means to the end of the war. Lincoln did believe that all men should be free and that slavery was awful, which was depicted in this movie, but he also believed that passing this amendment would end the Civil War. In the movie, Abraham Lincoln and some Republican party members of the House convinced other Republicans and Democrats to vote to pass the amendment by offering them other positions in government. According to historians, this was accurate (historynewsnetwork.org). After all of their hard work, on December 6th, 1865 the 13th amendment was ratified and all slaves were free in the United States. Overall, this movie, "Lincoln", accurately portrayed the end of slavery.