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What in his life made president Lincoln want to abolish slavery? I know that he created the Emancipation Proclamation to end slavery.

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During his early years, Lincoln attended a Baptist church that opposed slavery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_and_slavery#Early_years

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