He resisted releasing an anti-slavery proclamation immediately. Instead, Lincoln waited for popular backing before acting.
He was powerless. as commander-in-chief, he signed the proclamation to liberate slaves in Union-at-war states.
This is further explained below.
<h3>Why was Lincoln hesitant to issue the Proclamation?</h3>
In general, he resisted making an anti-slavery statement straight away despite the abolitionist movement's and radical Republicans' pleas as well as his own conviction that slavery was morally repugnant.
He did this even though he believed that slavery was evil.one in spite of the fact that he considered slavery to be immoral.
Lincoln, on the other hand, opted to proceed with caution until he was able to get widespread support from the people for such a policy.
Because he did not have the authority to do so. In order to liberate slaves in states that were at war with the Union, he signed the proclamation while acting in his capacity as commander-in-chief, which means he was in charge of both the army and the navy.
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