Was Abraham Lincoln really the great emancipator?

" I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons."

No words are still as powerful today, this was the declaration that gave freedom to all american citizens regardless of race. It was a step 

forward , an action that needed to be taken. It was the first document that finally said no to american slavery once and for all. It also changed the american civil war, gave it a clear directive and was a very shrewd political move at the time. It did not immediately free slaves, quite simply it couldn't as the states in question were not under union control, however it did lead the way for the 13th amendment that eventually did , 4 million people, now free.  

However was this the case??      Is this document really that important???      

Was Abraham Lincoln really the great emancipator???

Quite honestly I don't think he was. I believe that a better description of Lincoln was that he was anti-slavery. But that just the same thing isn't it??? No, at the time there were devote abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison that simply believed that slavery was wrong,  these were the great revolutionaries, the free thinkers, the true Americans. Then there 
was Lincoln that was simply anti-slavery. This meant that he didn't want slavery in his
 country and he also didn't want the freed slaves in his country either. He basically 
wanted to deport all freed slaves to the countries such as Liberia, Guyana and Belize, 
he even thought about sending the slaves to what is now Panama, 
to construct a canal (Sound familiar??).  So he wanted to free slaves then enslave 
them in Panama. 

Also the emancipation proclamation was not the great humanitarian document everyone thinks it was. it didn't contain any of the a moral issues with slavery it was simply a military order. The words do not pull your heart 

strings, to Lincoln it was just something that had to be done. the document however nice the sentiments was in fact completely worthless. William Henry Seward, Lincoln's secretary of state, referred to the proclamation as a hollow, meaningless document showing no more than, "our sympathy with the slaves by emancipating the slaves where we cannot reach them and holding them in bondage where we can set them free."- that was his friend i'd hate to quote his enemy. 

Another reason why i can say it is worthless as it failed to do its job, this document did not free any slaves. the proclamation was directed at freeing slaves in only the 11 rebel states which were not part of the union anyway, it was like telling an untrained dog to sit, they had no control.

Lincoln didn’t want slavery to continue because he did think it was wrong but he was too spineless to do anything. He looked upon law and constitutional binds for answers, which by this time was already out of date. He thought slavery was wrong but never hid the fact he thought that the white man and the black man could never live together in a civilised society. “there is a physical difference between the white and black races that will for ever forbid the two races from living together on terms of social and political equality.”

His solution was a simple outdated ideal that this issue could be swept under the carpet, forgotten. Luckily there were abolitionists that advised him towards the right choice.

Was he a good president??   

Yes

This issue is his low point, however he had greatness thrust upon him and he handled it with dignity and finesse. The proclamation did change the future of the war, no longer was the union just fighting to retrieve the seceded states, now it was a fight to end slavery.