WAUP YALL AGAIN UHHH SO IM STILL DUMB COULD YALL HELP ME WIT DIS PLS What was Lincoln's purpose in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) in the middle of the Civil War?

The Emancipation Proclamation broadened the goals of the Civil War. While slavery had been a major issue that led to the war, Lincoln's only stated goal at the start of the war was to maintain the Union. The Proclamation made freeing the slaves an explicit goal of the Union war effort.

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I think the main issue was not to approve Emancipation Proclamation, which made all the slaves in the south were free. I'm not sure about this answer