Although Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator, in the loyal slave states of Missouri, Maryland, and Kentucky, slaves continued to be slaves until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. We have the men, and we could not have had them without the measure. Research the role of black soldiers during the Civil War. Lincoln is criticized for not pushing for full citizenship of the former slaves along with the Emancipation Proclamation. Explain your answer.
Sovereignty suggests that a national government has a right to prevent secession.
Lincoln assumed great emergency war powers as president. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. These are noble words, yet tyrants have used similar words to justify the institution of dictatorships. At several times during the war, Lincoln proposed radical schemes for dealing with the race issue. He suggested colonies for black Americans in Africa and Haiti, or the establishment of a separate black state in the Far West.