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This document shows how the Emancipation Proclamation progressed over time. It implies that President Lincoln had thought military emancipation necessary before the Great Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

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This letter allows insight of President Lincoln's honest reflection of General Fremont's Proclamation. The idea was set in his head, and this document elaborates what he would change and why the Fremont Proclamation is not permissable.

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The letter indicates the process and intention of the proclamation. The letter also shows that President Lincoln was not in full control of his military.

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Abe to Frem sept 8.gif
The letter indicates the process and intention of the proclamation. The letter also shows that President Lincoln was not in full control of his military.

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Abe to Frem sept 8.gif
The letter indicates the process and intention of the proclamation. The letter also shows that President Lincoln was not in full control of his military.

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Direct letters indicating what President Lincoln thought of Fremont's Proclamation are indicators of how the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862 was formed. There was some anxiety since Fremont's Proclamation went against the Confiscation Act Congress…

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This document show's President Lincoln's aversion to directly using martial law to justify freeing slaves. It also allows a glimpse into the steps President Lincoln thought necessary for the later Emancipation Proclamation to succeed.

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Emancipation Proclamation .jpg
This is the text that freed slaves in rebelling Southern States in 1863. The two versions represent the straight forward approach of the Proclamation, as well as its ideas of patriotism. In the more intricate Emancipation copy, President Lincoln is…

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