Ep.14: The REAL Reasons For The Emancipation Proclamation

Ultimately it was the propagation of good political optics for Lincoln which was the intention behind issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, and not benevolence towards slaves. The Proclamation would serve three main purposes. The first, as discussed previously, was to inspire slave uprisings in the Confederacy, which would divert resources and manpower from its fighting force if successful. The second, as mentioned, was rebranding the North’s cause in the war into a moral crusade palatable to the Yankee intelligentsia , rather than the real political one, which would mitigate resistance to it. The third, and far less known yet perhaps most significant reason, was a diplomatic one. Follow me on:Odyssee: https://odysee.com/@vice_signal:5?r=hMkwyZNi3fs2HJ6F96QhBHqF8MWnQqnFBitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/3SgJIq54ZZ0O/Rumble: https://rumble.com/account/content?type=allSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7HhXaN4jdOWvBO3lSIIXQF?si=74CvbnAlT-GdMvlVN5NYSw Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cancel-lincoln/id1611084856Twitter: https://twitter.com/cancellincolnInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/cancellincoln/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/betrayalof1776/?ref=pages_you_manage