... that most of the disputes in congress revolved around slavery. The Civil War actually had little to do with slavery. During the Civil War President Lincoln wrote and delivered the Emancipation Proclamation. It is true that this document freed slaves, however, it did not free all of the slaves. It left the slaves of the boarder states in bondage. The ... Emancipation Proclamation order only the slaves released that were in areas still in rebellion. These two instances show that while Lincoln had no intention of changing relations between the races, circumstances dictated ... ...

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