1 Jan 1863 Jahr - Lincoln issues Emancipation
Proclamation (Jan 1863)
Beschreibung:
Tone of document was dull + legalistic; President did not formally free all slaves like the ones in border states; Emancipation proclamation = more of proclamation than emancipation; Thousands of slaves after learning of proclamation went to invading Union armies; Hurt already-damaged plantations workforce, mobilized slaves;
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