Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which declared all slaves free.Lincoln was under many pressures while issuing this document, including that the war was the bloodiest, or deadliest, war in our history at the time, so everyone wanted it to end. Also, Abraham Lincoln was the President at the time so everybody was relying on him to make the right decision. This put lots of pressure on LincolnThere is lots of controversy between whether Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation for military or moral reasons. I think he did it for both, but he mostly did it, in my opinion, for the military reason.
There are many reasons why Lincoln freed the slaves for military reasons.Lincoln, at the time wanted his Union army safe,