Honest Abe

     President Lincoln had many difficulties while trying to pass the 13th amendment. Abe had to deal with racism inside the House, such as the cabinet thinking it was a bad idea to abolish slavery.  If slavery was abolished, that would mean that African Americans could vote, own property, rank high in the military, take office, and take white jobs.  Abe was a man of his word, kinda. He was known as "Honest Abe". While this was true in some cases, it was not true in others.  He promised lame duck politicians jobs if they voted to pass the 13th amendment and they did get their jobs.  However, he lied about telling the north the south does not have any peace commissioners. Lincoln believed it was so important to pass the amendment so slavery would be abolished so the war would end. 

     While Lincoln did have a good point on the civil war ending if slavery was abolished, he also had other intentions on his mind about passing the 13th amendment.  He thought that if he were to abolish slavery and allow African Americans to vote he would surely get the majority of the black population next time he runs for president. In the end Lincoln gets assassinated. Sorry if I ruined the ending.

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