... Thirteenth amendment being passed was the role played by Congress. In the spring of 1862 Congress began to take action against Slavery where they were able to. It began with the abolition of Slavery in Washington and led to Congress beginning to offer compensation to slave owners for slave freedom with the aim of the colonisation of Liberia and Haiti. Slavery was also abolished in all federal territory and in ... to Joshua Speed in 1855 Lincoln states " I bite my lip and keep quiet that sight was a continual torment to me". From this extract glimpses of Lincoln's abolitionist views can ...

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