Essays on Emancipator

Abstract

The research topic is relevant due to the ongoing discussions about the historical role of Abraham Lincoln in the national history of the United States of America. Since now there have been absolutely opposite assessments of the presidency of Lincoln: from the openly apologetic to almost offensive. In the first case, the 16th President of the United States appears before us as the Savior of American democracy, the liberator of slaves and statesman, to prevent the collapse of the United States. In the second case it is absolutely "gray" politician who is guilty of inciting four-year Civil war that ...

Yes, I believe that Abraham Lincoln truly deserves to be called as the great emancipator. He is the one who is responsible for eradicating one of the worst vices of the American Society, the Slavery tradition. Lincoln facilitated the emancipation of slaves by exercising almost all of the political and constitutional powers vested in him as the President of America. Although there are some disputes regarding his actions in this regard but I still profess his position as the true emancipator in the history of American politics. His position as a true leader was questioned because he used the ‘ ...

The Civil War was fought primarily according to one interpretation not to end slavery but instead only to save the union and bring the rebel Confederate states back into the fold. On the other hand, it is very hard to argue that from the Confederate perspective secession was about anything else except slavery. Well, known Confederate leaders are well known to have said that the purpose of secession was to protect slavery as the South's own "peculiar institution." While the original war aims of the Union was not originally to actually end slavery through the course of the war ...