Bison but are you taking about the Native Americans or the settlers, but I think the answer is the same for both
Though many black leaders decried Lincoln’s tardy efforts to act definitively on slavery, when he finally did release the Emancipation Proclamation, both the freed and enslaved African-American community rejoiced at this decisive step towards freedom.
That both stress the importance of individual liberty, stating that all men and women are created equal. "Life, Liberty, and The pursuit of happiness" Merica'!