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| Sunday June 16, 1861 |
Frederick Douglas calls for an Emancipation Proclamation
Frederick Douglas, an escaped slave that has been and will be a voice for
the abolition of slavery makes a speech called "The American Apocalypse"
in Rochester, New York. Douglas make the argument that a Union
with slavery is not worth saving. Here is part of the speech.
"For the statesman of this hour to permit any settlement of the present war
between slavery and freedom, which will leave untouched and undestroyed
the relation of master and slave, would not only be a great crime, but a
great mistake, the bitter fruit of which would poison the life blood of unborn
generations."
When the Civil War began in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln (1809–
1865) and many other people in the North claimed that the conflict was not
about slavery. Instead, they said that the North was fighting in order to
preserve the United States as one nation. "My paramount [primary] aim in
this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy
slavery," Lincoln stated....
Frederick Douglas, an escaped slave that has been and will be a voice for
the abolition of slavery makes a speech called "The American Apocalypse"
in Rochester, New York. Douglas make the argument that a Union
with slavery is not worth saving. Here is part of the speech.
"For the statesman of this hour to permit any settlement of the present war
between slavery and freedom, which will leave untouched and undestroyed
the relation of master and slave, would not only be a great crime, but a
great mistake, the bitter fruit of which would poison the life blood of unborn
generations."
When the Civil War began in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln (1809–
1865) and many other people in the North claimed that the conflict was not
about slavery. Instead, they said that the North was fighting in order to
preserve the United States as one nation. "My paramount [primary] aim in
this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy
slavery," Lincoln stated....