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Careful with those pins. >> sorry, madam. it must have slipped. >> lincoln immediately rescinds general hunter's orders out of fear that he might lose the support of northern democrats and crucial border states like maryland. so, in fact, what you have is the president re-enslaving but lincoln firmly believes that the ly w to end slavery and save the union is for emancipation to become a reality, in accordance with the constitution. so now he's walking a political tightrope between anti-abolition northerners and abolitionists like frederick douglass, who view the president's actions as cowardi...

>> isn't freedom the next logical step for the contrabands? >> it is. >> preserving the union was lincoln's paramount priority. certainly that was true at the beginning of the war. and he pushed the issue of slavery down the line about as far as he could go, until his hand was forced. >> emancipating slaves is not a decision for a general to make. it's a decision for the president. i cannot emancipate the slaves. >> [ gasps ] elizabeth! careful with those pins. >> sorry, madam. it must have slipped. >> lincoln immediately rescinds general hunter's orders out of fear that he might lose the supp...