Lincoln's Path to the Emancipation Proclamation

By kheinrich

  • Lincoln Born to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks

    Lincoln Born to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks

  • Farm Laborer

    Farm Laborer
    Lincoln's views on slavery began to develop at a young age when he was forced to work on his family's farm, and as a teenager he was hired out to work on other farms. He never saw any of the earnings from the work he performed.

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Lincoln Elected to U.S. House of Representatives from IL

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Lincoln-Douglas Slave Debates

  • Lincoln Elected President

    Lincoln Elected President

  • Firing on Ft. Sumpter

  • Lincoln Drafts Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln warned the South that if they did not cease fire, lay down their arms, and return to the Union he would soon enact a law that would abolish slavery in all of the rebelling states.

  • Lincoln Signs the Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln Signs the Emancipation Proclamation

  • Lincoln Elected to Second Term as President

    Lincoln Elected to Second Term as President

  • Lincoln Assassinated

    Lincoln Assassinated

  • 13th Amendment to the Constitution Abolishes Slavery

    13th Amendment to the Constitution Abolishes Slavery