Freeing the Slaves-Lincoln

Many Americans expect President Abraham Lincoln to personally abolished slavery. But a President cannot simply pick up a pencil and draw a plan to completly do away with slavery. Yet this is the common assumption of many Americans today. Legally, slavery is where slaves are the property of other people. The Constitution states that, nobody can be deprived of their property without "due process of law"– meaning a legislative act. Congress does not have the …

…it is today. The United States would never be where it is today without the wonderful work of this great man. Slavery is a sensitive subject to many people and is nothing to take lightly. For some people it is their heritage and for others it is their worst nightmare. No matter what the outcome of the war is, it goes to show that no one person can completely abolish slavery not even the president.