According to Dictionary.com the definition of emancipation is "the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation." Lincoln did not follow through completely. “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.” (Lincoln). Lincoln states that the southern states are entitled to keep their slaves as long as they stay in the union. One who wants the credit as an upstanding individual must earn it. Lincoln did not start off as an upstanding individual until a speech was given on November 19, 1863 called the Gettysburg Address. At last, Lincoln granted that all men are created equal “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought
