However, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, that freed slaves in Union territory, raised the stakes and made real negotiation between the North and South, or outright British or French endorsement of the Confederacy, unlikely. The Russians also supported the suggestion made by Napoleon III of France that called for a peace mediated by the French, British, and Russians. Seward, and representatives of seceded Southern states however, after Seward refused such negotiations, the Russians assumed an official position that supported the Union while urging reunification. Russian Minister Stoekel initially encouraged mediation between President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State, William H.
He became known as the “Tsar Liberator”, while Americans referred to President Lincoln as “The Great Emancipator” for freeing the slaves in Confederate territories in January 1863. Those Americans who supported the Union cause during the Civil War were pleased that Emperor Alexander II had freed Russia’s serfs. American abolitionists celebrated this turn of events, while Russians watched from afar as the United States descended into armed conflict. Just as the United States was about to fight a war motivated in part by the national conflict over American slavery, Alexander II issued a manifesto in February 1861 releasing Russian serfs from their servitude.
Russia was fighting against Polish insurrection the United States to put down rebellion. The United States had been invited by France to join the powers in dictating to Russia upon the Polish problem and had declined Russia had been asked by France to intervene in the Amrican Civil War and had refused. By 1860 the United States and Russia had similar problems and the same European enemies and that was reason enough why they should feel kindly towards each other.
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