The Emancipation Proclamation By Horace Greeley

1) What is the Emancipation Proclamation? When is Baldwin’s letter written and what is the significance of the timing of his letter (specifically: what is the situation of African Americans at the time Baldwin wrote the letter?)

In the 1860s, the Civil War was occurring and left the current president of the United States of America conflicted. While the residents of the North pushed for abolition, the residents of the South were already seceding. After the Emancipation Proclamation, it seemed like President Lincoln only cared about freeing the slaves. However, upon deeper analysis on his actions it is clear that most of Lincoln’s actions depicted him more as a Unionist and somewhat as an Emancipator. President Abraham Lincoln’s leading aim was to save the United States of America from division because of all his brutal military and political efforts, but Lincoln did have some sympathy for the Black Americans.

Slavery was a crucial issue on the Union 's diplomatic front with Britain. Lincoln realized that he could use emancipation as a weapon of war as the war was now primarily being fought over slavery. He also wanted to satisfy his own personal hope that everyone everywhere would eventually be free. So in June 1862, Congress passed a law prohibiting slavery in the territories. Lincoln issued the final form of his Emancipation Proclamation (Document F). It stated, “slaves within any State...shall be then, thencefoward, and forever free.” The proclamation had a powerful symbolic effect. It broadened the base of the war by turning it in to a fight for unity.

January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln changed the face of America by declaring all slaves to be freed, this was known as the Emancipation Proclamation. In our country 's history the Proclamation can be argued as one of the most groundbreaking change that shaped how our country operates today.

On September 22, 1862, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, issued the first, or preliminary, Emancipation Proclamation. In this document he warned that unless the states of the Confederacy returned to the Union by January 1, 1863, he would declare their slaves to be “forever free.” During the Civil War, he was fighting to save the Union and trying not to free the slaves. Lincoln was quoted to say, “I am not, nor have ever been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races.” The Emancipation Proclamation illustrated this view.

From the first days of the Civil War, slaves had acted to secure their own liberty. The Emancipation Proclamation confirmed their insistence that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom. It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically.

The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order that freed all slaves living in states that were opposing the Union and allowed African American to participate in the Civil War as troops of the Union army. On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln signed this proclamation. Although Lincoln had no authority over the South, the news of the Emancipation Proclamation spread there, which led many slaves to free themselves. With many slaves freed, the South was weakened because it depended on the slaves for labor. The Union also gained more manpower due this proclamation because many former slaves joined the Union army after freeing themselves. The benefits of the Emancipation Proclamation to the Union didn’t stop there. It “prevented European forces from intervening in the war on behalf of the Confederacy” as well, as stated in “The Immediate Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation,” The South had been seeking help from Britain and France, but when these two countries heard of the proclamation, they decided not to assist the South because they were against slavery. Generally, Lincoln was important to the war for passing this impactful

Also Lincoln proposed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, promulgated that "all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free." Nevertheless, Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the states. Lincoln hoped to inspire all the slaves in the Confederacy with the Proclamation. Especially to support the Union Cause and keep European countries, in particular England and France, from politically giving the confession and military aid to Confederacy.

Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared “all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free”. While it continues to be a symbol of equality and social justice, his legacy has generated a century and a half debate that questions if he was the “progressive man” whose death was an “unspeakable calamity” as Frederick Douglass proclaimed or had he done “more to trick Negroes than any other man in history” as  Malcolm X claimed in 1964.

While in office, President Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War, he is most known as being responsible for the abolishing of slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation, thus giving him the nickname of “The Great Emancipator.” Technically speaking, the Emancipation Declaration did not actually abolish slavery in itself, rather it led to the 13th Amendment, which did end slavery in January of 1865. At brief glance, the Emancipation Proclamation’s sole purpose appears to be a humanitarian effort towards the abolishment of slavery. However there were two factors to consider that can be contradictory; the first being that Lincoln wasn’t particularly fond of black people to start with; the second, is the military advantage that would present itself if the succeeded states lost ownership of their slaves.

The author doesn't really explain what reconstruction is besides that the author says that it was a time after the civil war. Since the author doesn't say much about the time period after the civil war the article just goes right into talking about the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was a document that stated all people who have held a slaves in the states that had left the union was free.(legal freedom) Since the Proclamation only said that sates that had left the union were free meant that all slaves were not free. Later on in 1865 the 13th amendment was made and declared all slaves free but that still didn't mean that some of the slaves were out of the clear yet. Even though it says that all slaves were there was

The Emancipation Proclamation was very important in benefitting modern society. "When Abraham Lincoln ran for president, his initial goal was not to end slavery but to preserve the union. He personally did not agree with slavery but he knew what would happen if he abolished it" ("Lincoln, Abraham"). Before the idea came to Lincoln to issue the proclamation, the Southern states had already

The Emancipation Proclamation was one of the biggest changes our country has seen. It revolutionized our country. Lincoln was getting a lot of citizen for not freeing the slaves. He said that all though it was in his personal interest to free the slaves, it is not something he could do that moment for political reasons.

In the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln states that if the Southern states did not end their rebellion by January 1st, 1863, that Proclamation would go into effect. When the South did not follow these terms, Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863. This document helped lead the way to the total removal of slavery from the entire United States and the creation of the thirteenth Amendment.

The story takes place in the late part of the American civil war, probably the end. The Civil War was a fight between the United States (the north) and the Confederate States (the south). It ended with the slavery got abolished. This is shown in the text, where the Union boy tells the slaves “you’re free to do as you like.” and shows the Emancipation Proclamation that was written by Abraham Lincoln, the president of the United States. The Proclamation says that slaves are set to be “free” in slave states. The times before this Proclamation have been a repression of blacks. The blacks was often slaves, and with no rights in the confederate states. The confederate states were also known as slave states. Here slavery was abundant, and often a