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... fact , by making the emancipated slave an agent in his own deliverance . He is accordingly represented as exerting his own strength , with strained muscles , in breaking the chain which had bound him . A greater degree of dignity and ...
... fact , by making the emancipated slave an agent in his own deliverance . He is accordingly represented as exerting his own strength , with strained muscles , in breaking the chain which had bound him . A greater degree of dignity and ...
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... therein respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States , and the fact that any State , or the people thereof , shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States THE PROCLAMATION ...
... therein respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States , and the fact that any State , or the people thereof , shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States THE PROCLAMATION ...
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... facts and make up the record . We are too near the events ; we share too largely , both at the North and the South ... fact about which there can be no dispute . The South , alleging that slavery and their interests were endangered by ...
... facts and make up the record . We are too near the events ; we share too largely , both at the North and the South ... fact about which there can be no dispute . The South , alleging that slavery and their interests were endangered by ...
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... fact that the slaves were fast dis- appearing from this section of the country . The recent action of Russia , Spain , Brazil , and other nations , might be cited to show the great changes in public opinion in respect to the institution ...
... fact that the slaves were fast dis- appearing from this section of the country . The recent action of Russia , Spain , Brazil , and other nations , might be cited to show the great changes in public opinion in respect to the institution ...
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... facts , that slavery was rather the exciting than the actual cause of the strife between the North and the South , and that deeper down there were the same forces at work for the accomplishment of this result , which threatened ...
... facts , that slavery was rather the exciting than the actual cause of the strife between the North and the South , and that deeper down there were the same forces at work for the accomplishment of this result , which threatened ...
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Bronze Group Commemorating Emancipation: A Gift to the City of Boston from ... Frederick Octavius Prince No preview available - 2017 |
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abolition of slavery Abraham Lincoln adopted Alderman Breck Board of Aldermen Boston Latin School bronze group cause character Charles H. B. Breck City Council City of Boston civil Columbus avenue commemorates Committee on Common Common Council COUNTRY AT PEACE Daniel D Declaration dedicate destroyed duty Emanci enemies evil Executive Government exist Faneuil Hall flowering plants freedom fugitive slave law gift group emblematical Honorable Moses Kimball institution Joint Special Committee Josiah Quincy judgment junction of Columbus justice liberty Lord one thousand lot of land maintain Mayor military mind moral national government negro North opinions Park square patriotism Phillips Brooks Pleasant street political PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION RACE SET FREE rebellion Republican party respect revolution right of secession save the Union sentiments slave-trade South South Carolina southern statesmen statue suitable fence system of labor territory thank Thee Thou thousand eight hundred tion to-day triangular lot ultimate extinction United Washington
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Page 17 - Portsmouth and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Page 53 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 15 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 15 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 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...
Page 49 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend...
Page 48 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States, that, by the accession of a Republican administration, their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed, and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you.
Page 48 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 16 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 16 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 49 - I now reiterate these sentiments; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible, that the property, peace, and security of no section are to be in anywise endangered by the now incoming administration.