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• Donald R. Shaffer | Civil War Emancipation

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• Lincoln Meets Black Leaders | Civil War Emancipation

  On August 14, 1862, Abraham Lincoln did something unprecedented in presidential history up to that point: he met with a small delegation of black leaders (all free black clergymen). But the meeting di...

• January | 2022 | Civil War Emancipation

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• Gradual Emancipation’s Last Stand | Civil War Emancipation

  Since early March 1862, Abraham Lincoln had lobbied the remaining loyal border states to embrace a plan of gradual compensated emancipation. His efforts had met with steadfast refusal by slaveholders ...

• Why the Emancipation Proclamation Mattered and Why It Didn’t | Civil War Emancipation

  Tomorrow is the sesquicentennial of the release of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. It is certainly one of the most momentous events concerning emancipation in the Civi...

• Reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation | Civil War Emancipation

  While public opinion, North and South, had considerable time between late September 1862 and the end of the year to adjust to the idea that Abraham Lincoln meant to free most slaves in the United Stat...