The Risk That Abraham Lincoln Took
The risk that Abraham Lincoln took was that he courageously tried to free the slaves during the Civil War when the South had left the Union because the Union did not want slavery to exist where the South needed slavery to get their work done the North relied on Manufacturing where the South relied on Agriculture so the South thought they needed the slaves. So he grabbed his pen and some paper and wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. He wrote the paper and then talked with his Presidential Cabinet. The Cabinet wanted him to make some changes to the Emancipation Proclamation. He then made some changes and then on September 22, 1862 it was signed. Then the states in the Confederacy had until January 1, 1863 to free their slaves. So on January 1, 1863 the slaves were officially free. The Confederacy also known as the South did not release the slaves because Abraham Lincoln wasn’t the president of the south. Then the Confederacy and Union fought it out until the Union (also known as the North) won the Civil War. The Union won on April 9, 1865 when the Union had taken over. Then the slaves were released from their plantation owners. He took this risk because even though he owned slaves himself he wanted slavery to be gone it was causing problems in the Union. He wanted the United States of America to be actually united like the name stated. This was considered risky because this could have tore the Union in complete half and ruined the realationship that everyone had. Everyone that was fighting with each other used to be friends but now they are fighting and could have never been friends again. If the Union was torn apart then so many bad things would have happened but the Union was not torn apart for too long. The Union could have been ruined because the South wanted Slavery to exist, but the North did not want it to exist.