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Pressure from abolitionists and Lincoln's own convictions to bring the slave states in line with the principle in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal.
 

Feb. 9, 1861, New York Illustrated News, p. 210, col. 2-3
“The Right of the South to its ‘Chattels.’”

Sep 21, 1861, Leslie’s Illustrated, p. 290, col. 1-2
General Fremont’s proclamation and President Lincoln’s response.

Oct. 5, 1861, Scientific American, p. 210, col. 1
“Fremont’s Proclamation and the President.”

Mar. 15, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 162, col. 2-3
Editorial on Port Royal.

May 31, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 338, col. 1
President Lincoln’s proclamation rescinding General Orders of General Hunter freeing slaves in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

May 31, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 339, col. 3
President Lincoln’s proclamation rescinding General Orders of General Hunter freeing slaves in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

Aug. 9, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 498, col. 1
Proclamation by President Lincoln announcing confiscation of rebel property. 
Also see sixth section of Confiscation Act.

Sep. 6, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 562, col. 1
Exchange between Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley on slavery.

Sep. 6, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 563, col. 3-4
Exchange between Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley on slavery.

Oct. 4, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 626, col. 1-2
Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Oct. 4, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 627, col. 2-3
Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Oct. 11, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 642, col. 2
Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Oct. 11, 1862, New York Illustrated News, p. 354, col. 3
“A Proclamation by the President of the United States.”

Dec. 13, 1862, Scientific American, p. 370, col. 1
Lincoln’s State of the Union Message.

Dec. 13, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 786, col. 1-2
Editorial on Lincoln’s message to Congress on compensated emancipation and colonization.

Jan. 17, 1863, Harper’s Weekly, p. 34, col. 1
The Emancipation Proclamation.

Jan. 17, 1863, Leslie’s Illustrated, p. 258, col. 3-4
Editorial on Emancipation Proclamation.

Jan. 24, 1863, Harper’s Weekly p. 55, col. 3-4 & pp. 56-57, col. 1-4
Commentary and a Thomas Nast cartoon on Emancipation (includes description of a slave auction in Georgia in 1859.)

Mar. 14, 1863, Harper’s Weekly, p. 171, col. 4 & p. 172, col. 1-4
Great Union and Emancipation Meeting held in London, article and illustration.

Aug. 30, 1864, Father Abraham, p. 1, col. 1
An Acrostic (on Emancipation and Lincoln).

 

     
 

 

 
     
 

 

 
     

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