Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Limited Freedom


President Abraham Lincoln held a cabinet meeting on December 30th 1862 at which he gave members a copy of the Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. He asked them to offer suggestions for the document. The first part of the Proclamation was issued on September 22, 1862, outlining the intent that became law 100 days later on January 1, 1863.

You might also like to read these

http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/

The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)

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