President Lincoln understood that the emancipation of African-American slaves would

A) win the sympathies of those who lived in Border States.
B) provide the Union with a diplomatic advantage.
C) enrage the Union's British allies.
D) doom any hopes of a Union victory in Virginia.
E) motivate white troops.


B

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