what made president abraham lincoln decide to emancipate african american
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.In a single stroke, it changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved persons in the designated areas of the South from slave to free..gainst the background of the American Civil War, however, Lincoln issued the Proclamation under his authority as  Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy under Article II, section 2 of the United States Constitution.