50 Points please help me!! What is most likely the reason Lincoln repeats his declaration that all persons held as slaves ... shall be ... free" in his
Emancipation Proclamation?
-because Lincoln first offered a deadline for pro-slavery states to return to Union control, he repeats the main points of that order
-because he knows that the subject is certain to provoke strong public opinion, Lincoln chooses to emphasize the struggle that will
result from emancipation of slaves
-because Lincoln wishes to test what he assumes is the rhetorical power of repetition when addressing the nation's citizens, Lincoln
uses it effectively in this declaration
-because time has passed since Lincoln's Initial proposal to emancipate slaves, he must differentiate between the two proposals