Lincoln knew that he could not change the South's laws on slavery but he did not really care about that Lincoln wanted to stop slavery from spreading to the North. So what Lincoln planned to do was slowly stop slavery in hopes of it dying out so that the Union would not crumble. But the Confederates were not happy because they believed that Abraham Lincoln was taking away their Constitutional Rights and they knew that they needed slaves in order to help their economy and crops flourish. The South disliked Lincoln and wanted to succeeded from the Union because of his decisions thus causing the Civil War. So ultimately Lincoln was not focused on freeing black slaves, his ultimate goal was to keep the Union together so that it would not fall apart into different countries and become a weak nation. .
Lincoln also knew that blacks could not live here in America so what Lincoln's plan was to send all the slaves back and relocate them back into Africa or unoccupied lands. Even though Lincoln knew slavery was wrong and the blacks should be free he still wanted to send them back to Africa or unoccupied lands, again does that sound like someone who deserves the name "The Great Emancipator". Because to me I thought if he truly wanted and respected the ending of slavery he would keep the black slaves apart of the Union where they were free to do what they wanted "in a nation where men were created equal" . To me it seems as if Lincoln was uncomfortable with the idea of having blacks live in the United States and wanted them out. .
Another reason I believe that he does not deserve the title "The Great Emancipator" is that Lincoln seemed to make racist remarks about black slaves. As quoted by Lincoln "I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races" he goes on to state that he has no intentions of having blacks hold office or have them ever live with whites on the social and political terms.