Eshaan Gupta, BBA LLB, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad
ABSTRACT
American Slavery was at its peak in the 1840s. Steven Spielberg is a professional director with numerous contributions to the world of cinema and numerous awards to his name. He has directed a documentary that provides us with an insight into how Lincoln abolished slavery, how the civil war affected the United States and tells us about Lincoln’s happenings. This paper is a study on why and how slavery was abolished in the United States of America and the thirteenth amendment. Slavery started in 1776 with the founding of the legal institution and was legal until 1865 when the thirteenth amendment was passed. The fight to abolish slavery sparked a civil war, which resulted in the secession of several states from the United States of America, giving rise to the Confederate States of America, a pro-slavery coalition of states. So, this paper will include a censorious analysis right from the day Lincoln took office in March 1861 till the end of slavery when the 13th amendment was passed in 1865. This paper highlights the efforts of President Abraham Lincoln in abolishing slavery.
Keywords: Slavery, Thirteenth Amendment
