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The Emancipation Proclamation

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.

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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  1. The Emancipation Proclamation

  2. Yes. I freed the Slaves

  3. But it’s a Long Story.

  4. You WANNA Hear About it?

  5. Let Me get Comfortable

  6. And Switch to Third Person

  7. Lincoln Never Planned ON BEING a Hero Photo bytrazomfreak

  8. It Started As A Limited War Photo byMichael Kappel

  9. The only Goal? Photo bytrazomfreak

  10. Preserve THE UNION Photo by Rennett Stowe

  11. It should have been Photo by josémaría

  12. Material Advantages South North Population Farm Acreage Manufacturing Workers Bank Capital Icons Courtesy of Iconify.it

  13. TheAnacondaPlan 3 2 1 The Union’s strategy for victory

  14. TheAnacondaPlan 3 2 1 The Union’s strategy for victory NavalBlockade

  15. TheAnacondaPlan 3 2 Controlthe Mississippi 1 The Union’s strategy for victory NavalBlockade

  16. TheAnacondaPlan 3 Capture Richmond 2 Controlthe Mississippi 1 The Union’s strategy for victory NavalBlockade

  17. NOT SO 3 Easy Capture Richmond

  18. Eastern Theater 1862 ROBERT E. LEE

  19. Yeah. I’m Awesome!

  20. Antietam September 17, 1862 Bloodiestsingle day of the war

  21. A TacticalDRAW

  22. AFailure.

  23. Lee Wasn’t Beaten

  24. You’re fired!

  25. Or maybe a Victory?

  26. Yeah, That!

  27. Lee Didn’t Win This was a first.

  28. Time To redefine The War?

  29. LINCOLN Hesitates

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

  31. “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.

  32. “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)

  33. Barriers TO EMANCIPATION:

  34. Barriers TO EMANCIPATION: • The Constitution

  35. Barriers TO EMANCIPATION: • The Constitution • The BorderStates

  36. Barriers TO EMANCIPATION: • The Constitution • The BorderStates • PRESERVING the Union

  37. Testing The Waters Photo by cybergibbons

  38. PreliminaryEmancipation Proclamation September 22, 1862

  39. “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….

  40. Photo Credit: *ZOom2

  41. I’m Gonna Count to Three. Photo by \!/_PeacePlusOne

  42. 1/1/1863

  43. Clock’sTicking Photo by azmichelle

  44. 1/1/1863 The Clock Will Strike Midnight. Photo by SFAntti

  45. BY WHAT Authority?

  46. “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…”

  47. A Necessary War • Measure

  48. Exceptions

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