Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863 and what were its consequences? When Abraham Lincoln declared the emancipation proclamation on 22nd September 1862, he was putting his neck on the line in a desperate attempt to clinch a swift victory in the civil war. The cons seemed to far outweigh the pros and consequently it was essential Lincoln got his timing right, he had to persuade people that emancipation was the way the war …showed first 75 words of 1224 total…

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