The Emancipation Proclamation

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The Emancipation Proclamation

• In 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation
  Proclamation which would help to change the
  course of the war

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Key Vocabulary

• Emancipation Proclamation
• 54th Massachusetts Regiment

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A Tough Decision

• As Abolitionists continued their call to end
  slavery Lincoln hesitated due to the constitution
• Lincoln did not want to upset the slave states
  fighting for the north or the Northern Democrats
  and Republicans who opposed emancipation
• Though he Disliked slavery, Lincoln wanted to
  preserve the Union but by the summer of 1862
  Lincoln Decided to free southern slaves to weaken
  the south

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Free at Last, Free At last

• Abraham Lincoln Issued the Emancipation
  Proclamation but Very Few slaves were freed
• Lincoln could NOT free slaves in the North under
  the constitution, but Southern Slaves could be
  freed under a Military action
• The Northern Slave states would start to free
  slaves gradually and the proclamation made the
  war about preserving the union and liberation

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Four Sides to the Story

• Abolitionists were happy, many thought Lincoln
  should have done more
• Northern Democrats were against emancipation and
  feared the act would make the war longer
• Union Soldiers supported the act because it would
  weaken the confederacy
• White Southerners were angry because as slaves
  began to run away north the confederacy would be
  weakened

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The Strongest Fight

• With the urging of Frederick Douglas, the Union
  Army began to welcome African troops to fight
• By the end of the war over 180,000 African
  soldiers would join the Union Cause
• African Soldiers were often organized into all
  black regiments and given the worst jobs but
  fought just as hard to preserve their freedom

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GLORY

• The 54th Massachusetts Regiment would be one of
  the most popular all black regiments
• They would lead the attack on Fort Wagner without
  pay in an act of heroism
• The soldiers would fight, knowing that if they
  were caught they would be killed or returned to
  slavery

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