Emancipation
Featured Resources: A Close Reading Essay of Lincoln's Letter to Salmon P. Chase (September 2, 1863)
Lincoln Documents
Letter to Salmon P. Chase (September 2, 1863) Page features searchable text and secondary source insight provided courtsey of The House Divided Project and Dickinson College.
Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863) Page features searchable text , audio speech, close reading videos and secondary source insight provided courtsey of The House Divided Project and Dickinson College.
A Close Reading Video - Letter to Salmon P. Chase (September 2, 1863)
Lincoln was a moderate in the Republican Party and only began the Emancipation process as a war strategy. Evenually he would lobby Congress for passage of the 13th Amendment but it was not a path he went down lightly.
Watch the video below from Big Think featuring Historian Eric Foner discusing Lincoln and Emancipation.
Guiding Question:
What were Lincoln's beliefs on Emancipation?