The Emancipation of Slavery

Rating: 10/10 (29 November 2015)

Although a good portion of this movie was about ending the civil war, my main focus is on how Lincoln decided to end the civil war. In my opinion I think that accurately portrays the end of slavery along with all the struggles Lincoln had to face while trying to free the slaves. It also shows how hard he had to try to get the democratic votes by giving the democrat representatives positions in government. He didn't have to deal with the republicans as much because he was elected by them and he had the head of the Republican Party to back him up. Lincoln had to deal with the hard choice of being able to end the war in a week and risk many democrat and republicans to decide not to pass the vote because for what they know the passing of the emancipation would end the war but, if it ends before the emancipation is passed they won't sign it. More than a couple of times did his cabinet disagree with Lincoln's decision on the war and the passing of the abolition of slavery. That is why I rate this movie a ten out of ten and how it showed the struggles of being Lincoln in that time.