Abraham Lincoln Great Emancipator Analysis

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves." President Lincoln made many statements like this, that portrayed his personal opinion along with an idea we should all agree with. With Lincoln as president of the United States of America we were able to learn a lot about ourselves as a country and solve some of the most intimidating ideas in American history, which included slavery. Without Lincoln's wise overview of the problems within the United States of America, much about today's life could've been drastically different. During Lincolns presidency he was able to put an end to slavery and rejoin the North and South besides their differences. President Abraham Lincoln should be considered the great emancipator, because not
The South was fearful that with Lincoln becoming president, they lose slavery, even though Lincoln no intensions of doing so. Lincoln describes his concerns about the South's feelings in his First Inaugural Address (March 04, 1862) where he states, "Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States, that by the accession of a Republican Administration, their property, and their peace, and personal security, are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension." Lincoln is rather confused by the feelings of the South and is fearful that the Southern states will separate from the Union, so he attempts to reestablish trust between the states by creating the First Inaugural Address. As president, Lincoln doing everything he could do to preserve the Union, and he was sure to follow the rules, by adhering to the laws of the constitution. Circumstances change when the South separates from the Union, and the war begins. During war the Lincoln's role as president shifted to commander and chief of the Military and Navel Authorities. Until this point Lincoln's followed the rules, but in this situation he's able to do whatever he sees necessary in order to win the war. The only reason Lincoln was
His leadership skills were necessary to put an end to slavery and rebound the separation of the North and the South. Lincoln was such a composed leader and spoke in such an official tone and used his words wisely. After the war was concluded and about a month prior to his assassination Lincoln wrote his Second Inaugural Address (1865) where he describes what must happen next, he declared, "let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds..." Lincoln's perspective of the future is really empowering to the citizens of America, it just proves that we can go through the worst and still achieve the best. These constant reassurances made by President Lincoln really helped in the beginning phases of rebuilding our broken country. Even before the war was concluded Lincoln was confident in the fact that their legacy would lead on and the sacrifices made by men and women of the United States would not be left forgotten as stated in the Gettysburg Address (1863), "...and that government of the people, by the people for the people, shall not perish from the