Jeremy Simmons December 15‚ 2008 Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation On January 1‚ 1863‚ as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war‚ United States President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states" are‚ and henceforward shall be free." The Emancipation Proclamation consisted of two executive orders. The first one‚ issued September 22‚ 1862‚ declared the freedom of
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The Emancipation Proclamation The American Civil War and the ending of slavery through issuing the Emancipation Proclamation are the two crucial events of U.S. history. Perhaps the war would not have occurred if slavery did not exist because it is one of the main reasons that the southerners and northerners got into conflict. However‚ if there was no Civil War and Lincoln did not issue the Emancipation Proclamation declaring the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America
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stated that his primary objective of the war was not to abolish the institution of slavery‚ but rather to preserve the Union. Lincoln knew that the Constitution protected slavery in any state where the citizens wanted it. As the war progressed‚ the abolition of slavery was seen as a military strategy for the Union army‚ as the newly freed slaves would then fight for the cause of their own freedom. Since it was a military necessity‚ it was warranted by the constitution. Because of this
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Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation led to the end of slavery‚ and is one of the most controversial documents in American history. Human slavery was the focus of political conflict in the United States from the 1830s to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. Abraham Lincoln‚ the Republican candidate for presidency in 1860‚ personally abhorred slavery and was pledged to prevent it from spreading to western territories. At the same time he believed that
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On January 1‚ 1863‚ Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved persons in states under Confederate control. The Emancipation Proclamation changed the course of the war in numerous ways. It is mainly known as a step towards the creation of the thirteenth amendment‚ but it was also used as a war strategy. From the Emancipation Proclamation sprung hope for the Union Army. African Americans had long waited their freedom. The Union Army
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The emancipation proclamation was an order signed by president Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War in attempt to abolish slavery in the ten rebellion states in the confederacy. The order took effect on January 1‚ 1863 in attempts to free more than 3.5 million slaves in the confederate area where they rebelled against the Union‚ and to maintain apprehended freedom between the newly freed slaves and the federal government and military. This was a turning point in the Civil war as Abraham
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The Emancipation Proclamation "That on the first day of January‚ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three‚ all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State‚ the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States‚ shall be then‚ thenceforward‚ and forever free.” One hundred and forty-six years ago‚ President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed freedom to 20‚000 to 50‚000 slaves who lived in Confederacy controlled areas of the United States
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The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1‚ 1863‚ as a war measure during the American Civil War‚ to all segments of the Executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion‚[1] thus applying to 3.1 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. at the time. The Proclamation was based on the president’s constitutional authority as commander in
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The Emancipation Proclamation The emancipation proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1‚ 1863‚ during the American Civil War‚ declaring all "slaves within any State‚ or designated part of a State... then... in rebellion‚... shall be then‚ thenceforward‚ and forever free." The states affected were enumerated in the proclamation; specifically exempted were slaves in parts of the South then held by Union armies. Lincoln’s issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation marked a radical
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“It was useless to talk any more about negro courage. The men fought like tigers‚ each and every one of them” (Ford 7). For centuries‚ African-Americans were thought of as man and women who could not survive without a master. When they were allowed to fight‚ many still thought that African-Americans were not as brave as a white soldier. Likewise‚ they thought that African-Americans did not know anything about war‚ but after many struggles to prove themselves they did. In fact‚ many white people saw
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