Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, the 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." Although
the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery, it did
change the basic character of the Civil War. Instead of
waging a war to restore the old Union as it was before
1861, the North was now fighting to create a new Union
without slavery. The proclamation also authorized the recruitment
of African Americans as Union soldiers. By the end of the
Civil War, approximately 180,000 African Americans had
served in the Union army and 18,000 in the navy.
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Abraham
Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
The
Emancipation Proclamation special presentation provides
an essay, timeline and Lincoln’s first and final
draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, as well as the
final version issued on January 1, 1863.
Search
the Abraham Lincoln Papers using the word "emancipation"
to find additional documents related to the Emancipation
Proclamation.
The
African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920
Includes Reminiscences
of the Proclamation of Emancipation, an article published
in the African Methodist Episcopal
Church Review.
Search
this collection using the phrase "Emancipation Proclamation"
in order to find additional manuscripts and articles.
African
American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P.
Murray Collection, 1818-1907
In 1888, the Centennial
Jubilee of Freedom in Columbus, Ohio celebrated the
Ordinance of 1787 and the Emancipation Proclamation of
1863.
Search
this collection using the phrase "Emancipation Proclamation"
in order to find additional documents.
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
A printed copy of the final version of the Emancipation
Proclamation as issued on January 1, 1863, is available
in the United
States Statutes at Large.
The Journals
of the Confederate Congress contain a message written
by Jefferson
Davis in response to the Emancipation Proclamation,
as well as retaliatory
legislation passed by the Confederate Congress.
Search
this collection using keywords such as "emancipation",
"slavery" and "abolition" to find
Congressional information on this this topic.
From
Freedom to Slavery: The African-American Pamphlet Collection
Includes a copy of the Emancipation
Proclamation and a letter Abraham Lincoln wrote
declining an invitation to the Union convention in
Springfield, Illinois. Another pamphlet found in this
collections reprints a speech
by Albert Andrus on the Emancipation Proclamation
delivered in the New York State Assembly on March 4,
1863.
The
Nineteenth Century in Print
An article published in The
North American Review in 1880 examines the history
of the Emancipation Proclamation. In addition, Charles
P. Kirkland wrote a letter to Benjamin R. Curtis,
ex-Supreme Court Justice, reviewing Curtis's pamphlet
on the Emancipation Proclamation.
"We'll
Sing to Abe Our Song!": Sheet Music about Lincoln,
Emancipation, and the Civil War
Contains the sheet music for Emancipation:
Song and Chorus, which was published in 1864.
Search across all American
Memory collections containing sheet music using the
word "emancipation" to find additional sheet
music celebrating this document.
African
American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
This exhibition showcases the African American collections
of the Library of Congress. Displays more than 240 items,
including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps,
musical scores, plays, films, and recordings. Includes
a print based on David Gilmore Blythe's painting of Lincoln
writing the Emancipation Proclamation.
American
Treasures of the Library of Congress - Emancipation Proclamation
This online exhibition contains Lincoln’s first
and final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, as
well as the final version issued on January 1, 1863.
Also included is a letter that Lincoln wrote to Albert
G. Hodges in which he states “if slavery is not
wrong, nothing is wrong.”
April
16, 1862
President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in
the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862.
September
22, 1862
The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was issued
on September 22, 1862.
The Collected
Works of Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln Association
Documents
from Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation,
1861-1867, University of Maryland
The
Emancipation Proclamation: An Act of Justice, National
Archives and Records Administration
Exhibit
Hall, The Emancipation Proclamation, National Archives
and Records Administration
“I
Will Be Heard!” Abolitionism in America, Cornell
University Library
Mr.
Lincoln and Freedom, The Lincoln Institute
Our
Documents, The Emancipation Proclamation, National
Archives and Records Administration
Toward Racial
Equality: Harper’s Weekly Reports on Black America,
1857-1874, HarpWeek
Virtual
Exhibit, The Emancipation Proclamation, New York
State Library
Franklin, John Hope. The Emancipation
Proclamation. Wheeling, Ill.: Harlan Davidson,
1995. [Catalog
Record]
Guelzo, Allen C. Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. [Catalog
Record]
Klingaman, William K. Abraham Lincoln
and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865. New York:
Viking, 2001. [Catalog
Record]
Carey, Charles W., Jr. The Emancipation
Proclamation. Chanhassen, Minn.: Child's World,
2000. [Catalog
Record]
Heinrichs, Ann. The Emancipation
Proclamation. Minneapolis, Minn.: Compass Point
Books, 2002. [Catalog
Record]
Holford, David M. Lincoln and the
Emancipation Proclamation in American History.
Berkely Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 2002. [Catalog
Record]
Tackach, James. The Emancipation
Proclamation: Abolishing Slavery in the South.
San Diego, Calif.: Lucent Books, 1999. [Catalog
Record]
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