Following the Federal victory at the Battle of Antietam, Abraham Lincoln decides to follow through with a promise he had made to himself.
Tag: Emancipation
Lincoln Ponders Colonization and Emancipation
Abraham Lincoln approves a contract to deport slaves to Central America as pressure increases for him to order emancipation.
The Prayer of Twenty Millions
Horace Greeley publishes an editorial in his influential New York Tribune that prompts a rare public response from President Abraham Lincoln.
You and We are Different Races
Abraham Lincoln hosts a conference of black men at the White House, where he reiterates his desire that they voluntarily leave America.
Change Tactics or Lose the Game
With the northern war effort in decline, Abraham Lincoln begins to reconsider whether or not he should free slaves by presidential decree.
Blind to the Signs of the Times
Abraham Lincoln revokes David Hunter’s order freeing all slaves in his military department. But Lincoln also declared for the first time that he had the power to free slaves as a wartime necessity.