What factors – both for and against – influenced Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

What factors – both for and against – influenced Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation? Did he choose the right course of action? Why, or why not?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

 

Refernce book: For the common defense A military history of the united states from 1607-2012

Allen R. Millett, Peter Maslowski, and William B. Feis

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