He wanted to help them,
Pull them out of the life of mediocrity,
Out of the American's disgust,
Out of the robust tortures,
And treat them with dignity.
He wanted to help them,
To whom bruises and deep cuts,
were their daily meals.
Deeply carved scars,
To their body and soul
That would never heal.
He wanted to help them,
Who were components of the slave trade,
Abused and treated at the lowest grade.
But where shall he find the records
To apply the existing laws.
He wanted to help them,
Whom whites dumped overboard,
Renounced their pure soul,
To the voyage of a new world.
He was Abraham Lincoln,
Who made the famous,
Emancipation Proclamation,
"that all persons held as slaves are,
and henceforth shall be free".