Passing the 13th amendment was no easy task. President Lincoln had to overcome man obstacles to accomplish what he did. Lincoln was 20 votes short with all his republicans approving it and needed to buy votes before the war was over. He experienced a lot of resistance from his cabinet because they were more focused on ending the war then passing the amendment. But what gave him the hardest time was overcoming the racism by all the politicians. They were afraid that the blacks were going to own property,vote,rank high in the military, and hold office. They didn't want this to happen so they looked against it.
Lincoln used some sketchy ways to buy votes under his implied powers as being the president. He bribed lame duck republicans with jobs. Also he twisted the truth by lying to the house that there were peace talks going on and that there were no delegates from the south in Washington.
President Lincoln need this amendment to be passed as soon as possible. He needed it to be approved now so it would be in the constitution and not rescinded when another president came intro office. This would be a catalyst to end the war and Lincoln knew it would give him an advantage in delegations.
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