The spirit of the Emancipation Proclamation is under attack again today
Posted on AllSides December 30th, 2019
From The Left
OPINION
Wednesday, Jan. 1, begins the new year. It also marks the anniversary of a new America.
On Jan. 1, 1863, as the Civil War, the bloodiest of America’s wars, approached the end of its second year, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are and henceforward shall be free.”
The Proclamation was limited to fit wartime necessities. It applied only to the states that had seceded from and were at war with the United States, leaving slavery untouched in...
Some content from this outlet may be limited or behind a paywall.
AllSides Media Bias Rating: Left
Related Coverage
HEADLINE ROUNDUP
What Will India’s Election Mean for the World’s Largest Democracy?
