The Emancipation Proclamation Yes I freed the Slaves

The Emancipation Proclamation

Yes. I freed the Slaves

But it’s a Long Story.

You WANNA Hear About it?

Let Me get Comfortable

And Switch to Third Person

Lincoln Never Planned ON BEING a Hero Photo by trazomfreak

It Started As A Limited War Photo by Michael Kappel

The only Goal Photo by trazomfreak

Preserv THE e UNION Photo by Rennett Stowe

It should have been Photo by josémaría

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The Anacond a Plan The Union’s strategy for victory 2 3 1

The Anacond a Plan The Union’s strategy for victory 2 3 1 Naval Blockade

The Anacond a Plan The Union’s strategy for victory 2 Control the 3 Mississipp i 1 Naval Blockade

The Anacond a Plan The Union’s strategy for victory 2 Control the 3 Capture Mississipp i Richmond 1 Naval Blockade

NOT SO Easy 3 Capture Richmon d

1862 Battle Peninsula Campaign Seven Days Second Manassas Eastern Theater State Victory VA Confederate ROBERT E. LEE

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Antietam September 17, 1862 Bloodiest single day of the war CASUALTIES USA CSA KILLED 2, 108 1, 546 WOUNDED 9, 540 7, 752 CAPT/MISS 753 1, 018 12, 401 10, 316 TOTAL

A Tactical DRAW

A Failure.

Lee Wasn’t Beaten

You’re fired!

Or maybe a Victory?

Yeah, That!

Lee Didn’t Win This was a first.

Time To redefine The War?

LINCOLN Hesitates

“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.

“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.

“What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union. ” -- Abraham Lincoln (August 22, 1862)

Barriers TO EMANCIPATION:

Barriers TO EMANCIPATION: 1. The Constitution

Barriers TO EMANCIPATION: 1. The Constitution 2. The Border States

Barriers TO EMANCIPATION: 1. The Constitution 2. The Border States 3. PRESERVING the Union

Testing The Waters Photo by cybergibbons

Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation September 22, 1862

“On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, 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….

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Clock’s Ticking Photo by azmichelle

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BY WHAT Authority?

“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…”

A Necessary War Measure

Exception

“On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, 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….

Areas NOT Covered Areas Covered

How many Slaves Did This Free? Areas NOT Covered Areas Covered

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Then Why? Photo by Daniel Y. Go

The Moral High Ground

An Army of Liberation Photo by Shadowrune

The North's new goals: Preserve THE UNION

The North's new goals: Preserve THE UNION This h as NOT change d.

The North's new goals: Preserve Free & THE UNION SLAVES

The North's new goals: w e n a s i This. t n e m p o l e dev Free &SLAVES

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Diplomatic Recognition?

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Black Enlistment A new source of manpower. Photo by Frank Swift

The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground, which depicts the 54 th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment at the attack on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, on July 18, 1863.