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Preparation for Draft Proclamation
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Abraham Lincoln & Freedom
Preparation for Draft Proclamation
Between March and July of 1862, President Lincoln advocated compensated emancipation of slaves living in Border States. He also endorsed foreign colonization of freed slaves. But by July 1862, the Union war efforts in Virginia were going badly…
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