Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as a way to cripple the confederacy, as it targets all the confederate states and helped in slavery in America. However, it was signed by Lincoln under presidential war powers. In the Proclamation, Lincoln said that, “as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion.," Lincoln shows that he is using his powers to end slavery in the rebelling states as a way to end the war. by taking away the power the southern state had., as well as gain over 100,00 African-American soldiers by the end of the war. With Lincoln creating the document, it shows how willing he is to end this war and preserve the Union of states. The fact the president of the United States issued this proves
