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EMANCIPATION PROCLIMATION
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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- A presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863
- It proclaimed the freedom of
slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion, thus applying to 3.1
million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. at the time
- It was not a law passed by
Congress; it was based on the president’s constitutional authority as commander
in chief of the armed forces
- The proclamation did not pay the owners and did not by itself outlaw slavery. It also did not make the ex-slaves
citizens. It made the eradication of slavery
a war goal and a goal of reuniting the Union.
- True emancipation came after the ratification
of the Thirteenth Amendment to the constitution, which made slavery and
indentured servitude, except for those duly convicted of a crime, illegal
everywhere subject to United States jurisdiction
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
- One of the most famous speeches
in United States History
- It was given by Abraham Lincoln
during the Civil War
- It was delivered on Thursday
November 19th 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in
Gettysburg Pennsylvania four and a half months after the Union defeated the
Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg
- The speech starts with the famous
words "four score and seven years ago", which refers to the eighty
seven years past since Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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