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Emancipation Proclamation: “It is my Desire to be Free”
Today’s blog post comes from National Archives social media intern Anna Fitzpatrick. Only 100 days after promising in the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation that slaves in the Confederacy would soon be freed, Lincoln fulfilled that promise by signing the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. This proclamation changed the character of the war, adding moral force [...]
Posted by Hilary on December 29, 2012, under - Civil War, - Presidents, Letters in the National Archives, Pennsylvania Avenue.
Tags: Annie Davis, Confederacy, Emancipation Proclamation, guest post, lincoln, Maryland, Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, slavery, Union
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