Lincoln

Some of the difficulties that Lincoln faced in trying to pass the 13th Amendment were the people's fears of what would happen, and the discrimination against African Americans. There were over four million African Americans, and the people feared that they would start stealing jobs away and people would lose money. They were also concerned about voting, because there were a higher population of African Americans and the people were afraid they would be outvoted. Also, the Democrats thought that Abraham Lincoln was being a dictator. Abraham Lincoln was also a little dirty. He "lied" about his peace talks. He wanted peace to be contingent to the Amendment as well. Lincoln believed that the 13th Amendment was so important because he did not believe in slavery. Lincoln's main goal was to abolish slavery and have equal rights for every man.