Title: “Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator or a Controversial Figure in Civil War History?”

Question: Does Abraham Lincoln deserve the accolade “The Great Emancipator?” Say why/why not.
Please read it carefully: (Must follow all of them) 
NOTE: This paper will be submiited to Turnitin and can detect plagiarism and AI usage, please do not use Ai at all. 
1. This question constitutes a controversial issue in the Civil War period. Your job is to be the historian, take a stance on the issue, and use historical evidence from attached,  and the primary source book This Fiery Trial to substantiate your argument. You will not be graded on your point of view; but rather, you will be graded on how well you employ historical evidence in order to prove your thesis statement and your supporting arguments. Also, I have included the rules for good historical essays and a breakdown. Your essay should be structured in a similar way.
Breakdown: 
Good historical essays are sharply focused on a limited topic.
Historical essays should have a clearly stated argument (thesis).
Historical essays are built, step by step, on carefully acknowledged evidence.
Historical essays should include original, dispassionate thoughts of the author.
History essays are clearly written with an intended audience in mind.
Basic Principles for History Essays:  (Make sure to follow below) 
Introduction: 
Body: 
(First Argument)
(Second Argument) 
(Third Argument)
(Forth Argument) 
Conclusion: 
2. What is important for this essay is quality of your explanation and on the breadth and suitability of the historical examples given. Your essay should be relevant to the question, and the information presented in a clear, logical and coherent fashion.
3. You must cite your sources! MLA Format 
4. Please review attached lectures and use them as your resource, make sure if you are using any outside resourse cite them properly in MLA format!!!!! (At least one source must be from the provided lecture) 
5. one rule historians live by is to always contextualize their subject! That means that when you judge Lincoln in your essay, you may not judge him against 21st century standards. To hold a historical subject against one’s own modern standards makes for very bad history. Therefore, when you examine Lincoln or cast your judgment on him, compare him to his peers and judge him against the standards of the 19th century. This will make you sound like a professional and objective historian.