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    Well first‚ the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves that were in the territory that was in rebellion against the government were free. And‚ of course‚ they didn’t free their slaves. But it did not apply to any of the Union’s territory. Slavery was officially abolished on December 18‚ 1865 when the 13th Amendment was added to the Constitution. As for the discrimination‚ I do still think it exists today. But the thing is‚ it is bad when

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    Abraham Lincoln gave the speech called the “Emancipation Proclamation” which states “All persons held as slaves… shall be then‚ thenceforward‚ and forever free” This means that the slaves were going to be freed unless states would rebel. He promised it would have a positive outcome to giving the slaves their freedom. In conclusion‚ at first everything was segregated and everyone was racist. When Abraham Lincoln gave addressed the Emancipation Proclamation he did what no president before him did he

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    was not taken‚ and thats when the first shot was fired. April 12‚ 1861 the Civil War had begun. On January 27th‚ 1862 Lincoln allowed the Union to launch unified aggressive action against the Confederacy. January 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves in the states that were still in rebellion on January 1st 1863. The Gettysburg Battlefield was dedicated as a national cemetery‚ this was a huge war. Over 54 thousand soldiers were killed. The south wasn’t strong enough

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    currently and what needs to be changed. The speakers also talk about ways to change the negative things that are going on. Mr. King’s speech is about the fight for justice and equality. In Mr. King’s speech he talks about the signing of the emancipation proclamation 100 years ago and how the Negro is still not free. In his speech Dr. King repeats the phrase “100 years later” to list the difficulties of the Negro. In King’s speech he also talks about how we should change and how we should keep moving

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    The contribution Black Confederates made to the South is the real reason for the crafting of the Emancipation Proclamation. All-America should know about the Confederacy’s integrated fighting Army. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On January 1‚ 1862‚ Confederate general Stonewall Jackson led his men from Winchester to Bath in trying to disturb traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Jackson’s men reached the

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    Memorial in Washington before a sea of people‚ when he introduced himself with the first sentences of his "dream" speech as a debt collector of the black race: "A hundred years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose symbolic shadow we stand‚ the Emancipation Proclamation‚ "King began. "This momentous decree came as a ray of hope for millions of Negro slaves ... It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. In a way‚ we come to our nation’s capital to cash a check." The pastor was gracious

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    Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation is still‚ to date‚ one of the most debated‚ revolutionary acts of the any of the Presidents of the United States. Through this document Lincoln took responsibility upon himself for the freedom of four million slaves throughout the divided country he presided over and forever changed the scene of what could be a very different American culture than that of which we live in presently today. After reading Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery

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    In the summer of 1862‚ the confederates found themselves as the aggressors. In the Eastern Theater‚ Lee’s army of Northern Virginia had driven the Union Armies away from the Confederate capital‚ Richmond and was preparing to invade Maryland. In the western theater‚ the confederate armies were also moving strong‚ into Kentucky. Due to the war France and Britain were feeling the strain as cotton from the southern states was starting to diminish. President Lincoln was thinking of taking a risky

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    The Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation was vital in sparking the chain of events that changed race relations in the United States forever; it freed some slaves and proved that total abolishment was possible and could be beneficial. The proclamation was a document endorsed by Abraham Lincoln that stated "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebel states "are‚ and henceforward shall be free." Since the Civil War from 1861-1865 lasted longer than either side anticipated

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    business practice? Discuss with reference to case studies of your choice. ------------------------------------------------- Emancipation Proclamation or the Bittersweet Truth about the Cocoa Trade In April 1791 William Wilberforce introduced the first parliamentary bill to abolish the cross Atlantic slave trade. Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 outlawing the ownership of another human being. In our present days‚ over 200 years later‚ according to Amnesty International

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