Abraham Lincoln, as most people know, was anti-slavery and was always in favor of the abolition of slavery. In the Peoria Speech on October 16th, 1854, throughout his speeches, he mentioned that slavery was wrong and should be eliminated. Many reasons made Lincoln into an abolitionist. He believed it was injustice in society, making other countries doubt the sincerity of America and criticizing us as hypocrites. He also felt it diminshed the integrity of the Declaration of Independence. Although he didn’t point out that in the South slavery was part of everyday life , he very well could of have accepted slavery himself had slavery been an integral part of everday life in the North as it was in the South. Some slaves who were freed from the South moved to the North, while some Northerners moved to the South, and became slave masters. …show more content…
Lincoln would of freed all slaves himself if had the ability at that time. As it turned out, Lincoln had plans; he planned to free all slaves, and allow them to stay at their own free will as an employee with a paid wage or allow them to leave and live with the same equal rights as white people. Lincoln knew that a large percentage of the white southern population wouldn’t agree to an end to slavery and an larger percentage of white people the country wouldn't agree to equality. Emphasizing on the Southerners’ responsibility to put an end to slavery, he could give them the power to reclaim fugitives as slaves, but did not allow them to commit a free man into