Lincoln initially ᎤᏁᏨᎩ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏒᎧᎵ ᎤᏰᎸᏛᎢ ᎾᏍᏋ ᎯᎠ preservation ᎯᎠ ᏗᏌᏊ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ emancipation. ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏰᎲ Ꮭ ᎠᏚᎳᏗ ᎠᏓᏓᏍᏗᏱ ᎯᎠ ᎯᎸᏍᎩ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ slaveholders ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᏗᏌᏊ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ ᎠᏟᎶᏛ ᎬᎪᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᎭ. ᎯᎠ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ ᏓᏄᏩ, ᏱᏂᎬᏛᎾ, ᎠᏰᎲ radicalizing ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎾᎿ ᏂᎬᎾᏛ ᎠᏰᎵ ᏧᎾᎳᏏᏙᏗ. ᎬᏙᏗ ᎯᎠ Emancipation Proclamation, ᏚᏃᏣᎳᏅ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏚᎵᏍᏗ 1862 ᎠᎴ ᏩᏗᏱ ᎾᎾᎯ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᏅᎩ ᎢᏯᏅᏓ ᎣᏂᏯᎨᏍᏙᏗ, Lincoln ᎠᏠᏯᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎯᎠ abolition ᎯᎠ ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎢ ᎤᎳᏂᎬᎬ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏓ—Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎢ ᏗᎨᏥᎾᏝᎢ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎨᏒ ᎾᎥᎢ rebels ᎠᏰᎲ ᎾᏍᏋ ᎠᎩᏒᎯ ᎤᏣᏘᎾ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎠᏂ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏎᏊᎢ.