Did Abraham Lincoln free the slaves
In my opinion Abraham Lincoln did not free the salves. The slaves freed themselves. Because Abraham Lincoln never really tried to free the slaves. He tried to leave this important issue unchanged.
Abraham Lincoln did not care so much about the subject of slavery. He tried to avoid this important subject during the civil war.
In my point of view the slaves are the ones who freed themselves. without them the north would have never won the war against the south.
Not only did the colored men fight in the war to free themselves and their people but the ones who lived on the south escaped to be free in the north.