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Military Necessity
Control of the Border States allowed emancipation to be used as a tool against the Confederacy through "property" confiscation, the use of freedmen in the armed forces and, ultimately through the demoralization of Johnny Reb and his Confederate supporters.
 

Jun. 8, 1861, Scientific American, p. 362, col. 2
Non-interference with Slavery.

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

Nov. 25, 1861, New York Illustrated News, p. 49, col. 1-4
Beaufort and Abolition.

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.

May 31, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 339, col. 3
Robert Smalls and the Planter.

Jul. 26, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 467, col. 2-3
Senate discussion about employing blacks in the military.

Jul. 26, 1862, Harper’s Weekly, p. 467, col. 3
Abraham Lincoln proposes a compensated emancipation bill to Congress.

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.”

Oct. 11, 1862, Southern Illustrated, p. 4, col. 1-2
Comments on Antietam and on the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Oct. 18, 1862, Scientific American, p. 242, col. 2
Notes on Naval and Military Affairs.

Nov. 15, 1862, New York Illustrated News, p. 18, col. 2
Rebels in Texas send slaves to Cuba.

Jan. 10, 1863, Harper’s Weekly, p. 18, col. 1-2
Editorial on Emancipation Proclamation.

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

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

Jan. 24, 1863, Leslie’s Illustrated, p. 276, col. 1-4
Emancipation Day in Port Royal, South Carolina, illustration.

Feb. 14, 1863, Harper’s Weekly, p. 98, col. 4
Editorial: “Shall There Be Colored Soldiers?”

Feb. 28, 1863, Harper’s Weekly, p. 133, col. 1-4
“Our Colored Troops—the Line Officers of the First Louisiana National Guard,” illustration.

Jun. 13, 1863, Harper’s Weekly, p. 371, col. 1
“The Flag,” a poem dedicated to Robert G. Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment.

Jun. 20, 1863, Harper’s Weekly, p. 386, col. 1-2
Editorial on the use of “Negro” troops.

 

     
 

 

 
     
 

 

 
     

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