The civil war ended in 1865. why did lincoln decide to free the slaves before the war even ended?

Slaves were contributing to the Southern war effort by providing food, supplies, and manual labor.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.

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