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How many of these Union military figures can you identify? What was their role in the debates over emancipation policy? Click on their images to find out more.
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Black Soldiers
How many of these black soldiers and their supporters can you identify? Click on their images to find out more about them.
Leading Abolitionists
How many of these abolitionists from the Civil War era can you identify? Click on their images to learn more about them.
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Prints & Cartoons
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Figure 1 Nast’s Emancipation Evolution The print above is based on an illustration by Thomas Nast. Click on the image to find out how the print-makers altered Nast’s original drawing following Lincoln’s death in 1865. Figure 2 … Continue reading
Best Timelines for Emancipation
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Matthew Pinsker has created a one-page timeline of emancipation that offers a useful summary of the major topics covered in this digital classroom. The Freedman and Southern Society Project at the University of Maryland has posted an abbreviated but very useful … Continue reading
Thomas Nast’s “Emancipation” (1863 / 1865)
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The image that provides the banner for this digital classroom comes from famous cartoonist and illustrator, Thomas Nast, and was distributed as a popular print in 1865 through Philadelphia printers King & Baird. Nast’s vivid illustration that formed the basis … Continue reading
Carpenter’s “First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation” (1864)
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The U.S. Senate Historical Office has posted a well-written and detailed summary of Francis B. Carpenter’s famous painting of the moment on Tuesday, July 22, 1862 when Abraham Lincoln read the … Continue reading
