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Moving Toward Emancipation: The Border State Conference

July 12, 2017 WalterCoffey

July 12, 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln held a conference with U.S. senators and representatives from the loyal slaveholding states to persuade them to accept

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Lincoln Approves Compensated Emancipation

April 10, 2017 WalterCoffey

April 10, 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signed a joint congressional resolution pledging Federal compensation to states that implemented programs to free slaves. Lincoln had

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Lincoln’s Compensated Emancipation Plan

March 6, 2017 WalterCoffey

March 6, 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln submitted a message asking Congress to consider a plan of gradual, compensated slave emancipation. In his message, Lincoln

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