Did lincoln free the slaves? or did the slaves free themselves? explain with evidence.

No. He did issue the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which freed the slaves in the Confederacy. The proclamation was sent out to newspapers and read aloud to crowds of people. But Lincoln couldn't really enforce the laws in the ConfederateStates, since the Confederacy had its own president. The Thirteenth Amendment would officially free the slaves shortly after Lincoln's death in 1865.

pennsylvania pennsylvania colony was a proprietary colony founded when william penn was awarded a charter by king charles ii in 1681. he set up the colony as one of religious freedom. the government included a representative legislature with popularly elected officials. all taxpaying freemen could vote.

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