January 1, 1863 ~ President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery except in non-rebelling or occupied states like Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and parts of Louisiana. The proclamation declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.” Although Lincoln personally opposed human enslavement, he did notContinue reading “Day in the History of Racial Injustice”
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