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Watch meetings for the Emancipation Proclamation
On Dec 31, 1862, African Americans across the United States, free and enslaved, in the North and South, held watch meetings for the Emancipation Proclamation that officially abolished slavery in the Confederate states. Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, the Proclamation did not take effect until January 1, 1863. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/watch-meetings/ Rethinkin’ Lincoln on the 150th Birthday of the Emancipation Proclamation https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our-history/rethinkin-lincoln-on-the-150th-birthday-of-the-emancipation-proclamation/ |
Primary Sources
First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln
“In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to interfere with the institution of slavery where it existed, and pledged to suspend the activities of the federal government temporarily in areas of hostility. However, he also took a firm stance against secession and the seizure of federal property.” (history.com)
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lincoln1.asp
Preliminary emancipation proclamation
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/preliminary_emancipation_proclamation.html#
The emancipation proclamation (excerpt)
In addition to abolishing slavery in the rebellious Confederate states on January 1, 1863, Lincoln's Proclamation announced that the Union Army and Navy would accept black men in their ranks. Nearly 200,000 African Americans joined Union forces by the end of the Civil War
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/820.
Transcript of the proclamation
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation/transcript.html
“Summary of the Emancipation Proclamation,”
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/534.
The following article appeared in a Northern newspaper chronicling the celebrations of African-Americans to the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/rejoicing-over-proclamation
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/rejoicing-over-proclamation-primary-source-questions (Primary source questions about the reading)
The text is an advertisement published after emancipation seeking information about family members displaced by slavery.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/advertisement-by-clarissa-reed
“In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to interfere with the institution of slavery where it existed, and pledged to suspend the activities of the federal government temporarily in areas of hostility. However, he also took a firm stance against secession and the seizure of federal property.” (history.com)
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lincoln1.asp
Preliminary emancipation proclamation
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/preliminary_emancipation_proclamation.html#
The emancipation proclamation (excerpt)
In addition to abolishing slavery in the rebellious Confederate states on January 1, 1863, Lincoln's Proclamation announced that the Union Army and Navy would accept black men in their ranks. Nearly 200,000 African Americans joined Union forces by the end of the Civil War
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/820.
Transcript of the proclamation
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation/transcript.html
“Summary of the Emancipation Proclamation,”
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/534.
The following article appeared in a Northern newspaper chronicling the celebrations of African-Americans to the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/rejoicing-over-proclamation
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/rejoicing-over-proclamation-primary-source-questions (Primary source questions about the reading)
The text is an advertisement published after emancipation seeking information about family members displaced by slavery.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/advertisement-by-clarissa-reed
Classroom Resources
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, “Active Viewing: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided,”
PBS American Experience’s Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided is a 6 episode mini-series available as a 3 DVD set. The following activity focuses on the causes and consequences of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation through an active viewing of Episode 4: The Dearest of All Things (Disc 2). There is a companion website to the series, The Time of the Lincolns, that contains a Teacher’s Guide, primary sources, and episode transcripts.
Lesson plan: How did different segments of the American population view the Emancipation Proclamation?
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/lesson-plan/emancipation-proclamation-through-different-eyes
Excerpt of the Emancipation Proclamation + Questions for discussion
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/emancipation-proclamation-january-1-1863
Related:
The Cherokee Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
The pro-Union Cherokee government issues an emancipation proclamation abolishing slavery in the Nation. The Cherokees are the only Indian Nation to end slavery before 1865.
https://www.blackpast.org/?q=primaryWEST/cherokee-emancipation-proclamation-1863
The pro-Union Cherokee government issues an emancipation proclamation abolishing slavery in the Nation. The Cherokees are the only Indian Nation to end slavery before 1865.
https://www.blackpast.org/?q=primaryWEST/cherokee-emancipation-proclamation-1863