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Title: Lincoln (2012) Movie
Genre: Drama | Biographical Film | Historical Film
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Casts: Daniel Day-Lewis | Sally Field | David Strathairn
Released Date: 08 October 2012
Plot. Summary:
Lincoln recounts President Abraham Lincoln's efforts, during January 1865, to pass in theUnited States House of Representatives the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that would formally abolish slavery in the country.
Expecting the Civil War to end within a month but concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the courts once the war has concluded and the 13th Amendment defeated by the returning slave states, Lincoln feels it is imperative to pass the amendment by the end of January, thus removing any possibility that slaves who have already been freed may be re-enslaved. The Radical Republicans fear the amendment will merely be defeated and some wished to delay; the support of the amendment by Republicans in the border states is not yet assured either, since they prioritize the issue of ending the war.
Even if all of them are ultimately brought on board, the amendment will still require the support of several Democratic congressmen if it is to pass. With dozens of Democrats having just become lame ducks after losing their re-election campaigns in the fall of 1864, some of Lincoln's advisers believe that he should wait until the new Republican-heavy Congress is seated, presumably giving the amendment an easier road to passage. Lincoln, however, remains adamant about having the amendment in place and the issue of slavery settled before the war is concluded and the southern States reintegrated into the Union.
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