When the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect January 1, 1863 African American soldiers in the Union Army had been fighting the Confederacy along the South Carolina coast for nearly a year. Continue reading Revisit: JANUARY 1, 1863: WHEN NEW YEAR’S DAY MEANT FREEDOM
Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation
Continue reading Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation
On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million enslaved in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery. Continue reading Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
