Tag Archives: Emancipation Proclamation

Question of the Week: 1/6-1/15/19

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

The Emancipation Proclamation made promises and history moments. What do you think is the most significant part of that document? (And if you want to review the primary source text of the outline, promises, and national changes, check it out … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: Emancipation Memorial (Revisited)

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

We’re looking back into the 2019 archives and found this Weekender about the Emancipation Memorial in Washington D.C.  January 1st marked the 157th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and if you’re spending a wintry day in D.C., … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the Emancipation Proclamation

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

In September 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the New York Civil War Centennial Commission’s Emancipation Proclamation Observance, reflecting on the impact of that historic document on American history and the world. It had been one hundred years since … Continue reading →

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Facebook Cover Photo: The Emancipation Proclamation

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Todd Arrington

Emerging Civil War welcomed 2019 with an new cover photo on our Facebook page. Here are some details about the historic image.

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Beyond the 13th Amendment: Ending Slavery in the Indian Territory

Posted on July 10, 2018 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Neil P. Chatelain When exactly did legal slavery end in the United States? Many Americans unfamiliar with the particulars of the Civil War respond with 1863 and the issuing of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Still … Continue reading →

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“What Shall Be Done with the Slave?” The 9th Illinois Cavalry and Practical Emancipation

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Edward S. Alexander

I am frequently sidetracked when scanning through historic newspapers on a quest for specific information. What can I say, the headlines are still doing their job. Such was the case while digitally flipping through August 1862 issues of the Chicago … Continue reading →

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The Emancipation Proclamation: An International Turning Point

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Dwight Hughes

In  his post “Thenceforward and Forever Free”: The Emancipation Proclamation as a Turning Point, Dan Vermilya makes a good case that the president’s executive action was a turning point of the war because it clarified Union war aims on the issue of … Continue reading →

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“Thenceforward and Forever Free”: The Emancipation Proclamation as a Turning Point

Posted on December 3, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

We are pleased to welcome Dan Vermilya, author of the upcoming Emerging Civil war Series book That Field of Blood: The Battle of Antietam. Dan, a historian at Gettysburg National Military Park, is also a licensed battlefield guide at Antietam … Continue reading →

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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington D.C.

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Steward T. Henderson

An important monument of President Abraham Lincoln sits in Lincoln Park, a park in the Capitol Hill section of Washington, D.C. This statue is seen by thousands of people each day – the Emancipation Memorial. I wonder about how many … Continue reading →

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“If We Fail Now the North Has No Hope:” The Antietam Campaign of 1862

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

The Fifth Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium, August 3-5, 2018, will focus on Turning Points of the American Civil War. We were excited to announce that our Keynote Speaker will be retired Gettysburg National Military Park Supervisory Historian Scott Hartwig. … Continue reading →

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