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Kaitlin Nageldinger

Kaitlin Nageldinger. Emancipation Proclamation .

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Kaitlin Nageldinger

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  1. Kaitlin Nageldinger

  2. Emancipation Proclamation • “And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.”

  3. Main Idea • During the Civil war in the “United States”, Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech that would free many slaves.

  4. Bias? • The Union soldiers fighting to preserve, and the slaves the Union would be the people who would support the presidents words.

  5. Additional Information • Freed only the slaves not under Union control. • Attached the issue of slavery directly to the war. • Allowed blacks to fight for the Union.

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