1861-1865 was civil, and the tension between north and south grew until the president Abraham Lincoln, and he was a staunch supporter of abolition

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    The American Civil War (1861-1865)

    Southern slave states seceded from the union, declaring their own Confederate States of America. This led to just over four years of war.Abraham Linola issued the emancipation proclamation in January which declared that all slaves were free by the time January 1, 1863, but not all slaves got the same freedom.