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Gandhi for showing the world that non-violence and non-cooperation can be an effective form of political expression.

Abraham Lincoln for ending slavery in America.

What was the global impact of emancipation in the US? I ask not to be a dick: I'm legitimately interested in the answer.

I would say not a lot. All countries that harshly oppose slavery today did that way before the US.

The idea that slavery is not fine did also not originate in the US.