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Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught Illinois lawyer, legislator and opponent of slavery, was elected president in November 1860âbut by the time of his inauguration in March 1861, seven Southern states had seceded, and the Civil War began a few weeks later.
As the Confederate states did not end the war, Abraham Lincoln signed the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, and turned a war, fought for the preservation of Union, into a war that was aimed at ending slavery.braham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is remembered for the role he played in the emancipation of slaves. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. According to the proclamation,