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emancipation proclamation
Title: emancipation proclamation
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 771 | Pages: 3.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
emancipation proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln to
put a stop to the war. It was issued in our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.
on Sept 22,1862, and put into effect on Jan 1, 1863.
When Lincoln was writing the emancipation proclamation he said, “
my main struggle is to save the union and is not either to save or destroy
slavery. If I could save the union without freeing any slave I would do it.
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could have affected whether he had written it or not because he was brought
up in a family having a strong distaste for slavery so he was against it.
In conclusion, the Emancipation Proclamation, although not accepted
by everyone at the time, particularly the large plantation owners of the
south, became the law of the land for most states and resulted in the 13th
amendment in 1865 which abolished slavery for everyone and forever.
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