Posted by Cassie on Monday, May 7, 2012 at 5:14pm.
It was Lincoln's way of fighting back at the South. It angered the South and probably a minority in the North. And it freed slaves.
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves.
Thank you!
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