Category: Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation and thirteenth Amendment achieved by the Standard War were fundamental achievements in the long game-plan of end genuine oppression in the US. About from the most strong starting time of his affiliation, abolitionists and radical Republicans obliged Abraham Lincoln to give an Emancipation Proclamation. Despite the way wherein that Lincoln as time…

Abraham Lincoln today is recognized by many as being the Great Emancipator who had memorably freed the slaves and saved the Union. However, Lincolns actions might not truly be as whole-hearted and heroic as many people are misinformed to believe. Lincolns only purpose from the very beginning was to preserve the Union, regardless of whether…

In the text, Behind the scenes, A narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, and  The Great Escape From Slavery of Ellen and William Craft, several points are made about the cruelty of slavery and how freedom is important to the main characters. Two of these text, A narrative of the…

Imperialism is somewhat slavery under another name. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after no Confederate states accepted his preliminary proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free. However, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves…