It was the task of civilisation to put an end to slavery, to establish Courts of Law, to inculcate in the natives a
sense of individual responsibility, of liberty, and of
justice, and to teach their rulers how to apply these
principles; above all, to see to it that the system of
education should be such as to produce happiness and
progress. I am confident that the verdict of history will
award high praise to the efforts and achievements of
Great Britain in the discharge of these great
responsibilities.

franklin d. roosevelt

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the emancipation proclamation was the aim of the war change to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the union. the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the u.s. was passed on december 6th 1865.

as promised, lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so with success from the union military advance. on september 22nd 1862, after a victory at antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of january 1st 1863.