Lincoln The Great Emancipator
Your job is to be the historian, take a stance on the issue, and use historical evidence from your files, and the primary sourcebook This Fiery Trial to substantiate your argument. You will not be graded on your point of view; but rather, you will be graded on how well you employ historical evidence in order to prove your thesis statement and your supporting arguments.
Only using the files, ‘The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery’
Does Abraham Lincoln deserve the accolade “The Great Emancipator?” Say why/why not.