Emancipation Proclamation

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Emancipation Proclamation
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Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipate to free Proclaim to state
Therefore Emancipation Proclamation A
Statement of Freedom
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Emancipation Proclamation
all persons held as slaves within any statein
rebellion against the United States, shall be
then, thenceforward, and forever free.
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Emancipation Proclamation
HAD NO REAL POWER!!!!!!!
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Thirteenth Amendment
Ratified in 1865 AFTER THE WAR ENDED!
Freed all slaves everywhere in the United States
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African Americans in the Military
North Passed a law in 1862 allowing them to
join the Union army
South Afraid of rebellion, but did pass a law
allowing it near the end of the war (it never
happened)
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African Americans in the Military
Massachusetts 54th Regiment
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African Americans in the Military
Robert Gould Shaw
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African Americans in the Military
Famous monument at Boston Common