Does it portray what actually happened when abolishing slavery?

Rating: 7/10 (30 November 2015)

In my opinion, the movie "Lincoln" is mostly very accurate. Lincoln did, in fact, lead the fight to get the 38th Congress to pass the Thirteenth Amendment and abolish slavery. He used his political skills and his "immense power" (which, by the way, Lincoln DID say) to sway the votes of reluctant Democratic congressman towards acceptance of the Thirteenth Amendment.Lincoln and Congressman Thaddeus Stevens worked together, in spite of their differences, to pass the the Thirteenth Amendment through the 38th Congress. There was a lot of pressure put on Lincoln to delay the Thirteenth Amendment's passage until after the war had ended. But Lincoln was concerned that if he waited for the 39th Congress to pass the amendment after the war, his previously issued Emancipation Proclamation might be overturned by the courtsâ€”allowing slavery to continue. Consequently, Lincoln was insistent on using his influence as President of the United States to assure the Thirteenth Amendment's passage. Fortunately for the slaves, he succeeded before he was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Although it could have included more of the slaves effort to end slavery. For example, they kept trying to escape for freedom.