Araceli Guartazaca Mrs. Tookes Social Studies 4 April 2014 The Benefits of the Emancipation Proclamation On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation; as the country headed toward the third year of the civil war. This proclamation stated: “that all persons held as slaves are, and hence forward shall be free,” however this only applied to the states that were no longer part of the union, leaving slavery untouched in other states. However the Emancipation Proclamation was needed to benefit African Americans. The Emancipation Proclamation was not a perfect proclamation it may have been limited but it did indeed help free slaves. In addition, without it America wouldn’t be what it is today. Therefore, we have an African American president: Barack Obama who is an effective 44th president. He indeed is an effective president because he stands for equality, integrity and civil rights. The president has stood up for gay rights, tried to ensure voting rights for all Americans, and set up Obama care. Barack Obama had stated the following: “This dream of equality and fairness has never come easily—but it has always been sustained by the belief that in America, change is possible. Today, because of that hope, coupled with the hard and painstaking labor of Americans sung and unsung, we live in a moment when the dream of e... ... middle of paper ... ...ssued the Emancipation Proclamation, it had become a war to end slavery. The proclamation also opened doors for African Americans to enter the army. The federal army initially did not officially accept black soldiers, despite them pressuring the army otherwise. It was until the president issued the proclamation when black soldiers began enlisting in the army. Eventually 186,000 black soldiers entered the Union army. Finally in 1865, the Confederate army ended the Civil War with their surrender. Although many people may state that the Emancipation Proclamation didn’t free all slaves, I disagree. It did in fact free the slaves that were in the states that rebelled against the Union
Abraham Lincoln became the United States' 16th President in 1861, delivering the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863. If there is a part of the United States history that best characterizes it, it is the interminable fight for the Civil Rights. This he stated most movingly in dedicating the military cemetery at Gettysburg: "that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. The Declaration of Independence states “All men are created equal”. Even when the Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, and the black people embraced education, built their own churches, reunited with their broken families and worked very hard in the sharecropping system, nothing was enough for the Reconstruction to succeed.
America has forever long been looked upon as the land of opportunity, yet for just as long struggled with the actual attainment of equal opportunity by all of its citizens. The lines of this inequality have b...
On January 1’st 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation was issued stating that all people held as slaves were to be freed.
In January 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln officially issued an executive order called the emancipation proclamation. This freed the all slaves that were in rebellion against the federal government. Abraham issued this executive order because he wanted to punish the south for
The "Emancipation Proclamation" speech was actually intended for most of the people that would free the slaves, not to the slaves. According to Rollyson the proclamation was not intended for the slave, blacks, or former slaves. The “Emancipation Proclamation” speech was during the Antislavery Movement or what some people call it the Abolitionist Movement, during the 1960's. The main leaders of the abolitionist movement were Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglas. The point of Lincoln writing the speech about emancipating the slaves was to free the slaves and win the civil war. Lincoln had written a speech named "The Emancipation Proclamation". He wrote this speech and signed it in January of 1863, in Washington, D.C. The theme of the speech was to teach everyone that everyone, no matter what race should be treated equally. In the "Emancipation Proclamation" speech, Abraham Lincoln motivates his intended audience during the Antislavery movement by using pathos and rhetorical question.
On the month of September 17, 1862 had won a battle with help of Ulysses S. Grant, a general that would shaped the Union's army into a more strategic military. The winning of the Battle of Antietam was a turning point for Union both militarily and politically. One month later, President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation to help the Union win the war and start the abolishment of slavery. The proclamation stated that the slaves in the rebellion states are now “forever free”. It lets the government and military forces of the U.S. to free the slaves “as an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity”. The border states that were not loyal to the Union were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Tennessee, Indian Territory, and Kansas which are all states that refused to freed the slaves that were in those states. Most southern states depended on slaves especially for soldiers during the war or for making railroads and supplies for other soldiers. The proclamation clearly states that they were free, it also commissioned the recruitment of the freed slaves and free blacks as Union soldiers. Through the next two and half
One of the most important things that President Abraham Lincoln did while in office occurred on January 1st, 1863. On this date Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as the country was coming up on its third year of the civil war. The main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was to free slaves in those states that were still in rebellion against the United States of America. This declaration marked the freeing of over 3 million black slaves all over the United States. This Proclamation also redirects the primary focus of the Civil War from preserving the Union to a major fight against slavery. Known as the savior of the Union, President Lincoln actually considered the Emancipation Proclamation to be the most important detail of his legacy. “I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do in signing this paper,” he stated. “If my name ever goes into history it will be for this act, and my whole soul is in it." Its obvious that Lincoln put his whole heart into this act to stop slavery.
The only reason the war wasn’t over already was because the South was fighting with purpose. As much as any battle, the Emancipation turned the tide of the war. Lincoln highlighted the moral wrongs of the evil of slavery, and created a humanitarian drive to overcome the Confederacy. This document also lead to the inclusion of African Americans against the Confederacy, a group of people that needs no explanation to why they were motivated to fight. However, this did not mean Lincoln believed in equality. A big part of his plan of emancipation included the Panama Plan, or starting a colony for the freed African Americans, and he did not believe African Americans could fit into a normally functioning society with the whites. Again, reiterating the fact this war was not about equality, even when the narrative switched to a war on slavery. The result, just over two years later, the Union forced General Robert E. Lee to surrender at the Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 and ended the American Civil
Getting the Emancipation Proclamation to be pass was not an easy task. It took a lot of time, not to mention all of the pressure that was put the president Abraham Lincoln. He was certain that slavery was immoral. Even in his early days he stated: “If I ever get a chance to hit that thing, I’ll hit it hard.” Later on, about 19 years before he was elected president he publicly announced that “Slavery and oppression must cease, or American liberty must perish” this just how much he was against the topic, he was called “soft” on occasions which would vex him. After being elected into office for the second time he wrote to a friend that if there was an excuse for slavery then everything should have an excuse to happen, and even though he wanted to abolish slavery he had not done any official function to help.
One would expect that social equality would just be the norm in society today. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Three similar stories of how inequality and the hard reality of how America’s society and workforce is ran shows a bigger picture of the problems American’s have trying to make an honest living in today’s world. When someone thinks about the American dream, is this the way they pictured it? Is this what was envisioned for American’s when thinking about what the future held? The three authors in these articles don’t believe so, and they are pretty sure American’s didn’t either. Bob Herbert in his article “Hiding from Reality” probably makes the most honest and correct statement, “We’re in denial about the extent of the rot in the system, and the effort that would be required to turn things around” (564).
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 during the civil war, as main goal to win the war. Some historians argued that it was based on feelings towards slaves because not only it freed slaves in the South; it was also a huge step for the real abolition of slavery in the United States. While other historians argued that it was a military tactic because it strengthened the Union army, because the emancipated slaves were joining the Union thus providing a larger manpower than the Confederacy . The Emancipation Proclamation emancipated slaves only in the Confederacy and did not apply to the Border-states and the Union states.
An analysis of these two U.S seminal documents shows the similarities and differences involved in these to important issues and orders given by the president. The emancipation proclamation was an executive order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 it changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved people. They carefully framed the conflict as concerning the preservation of the Union rather than the abolition of slavery. He knew nobody would accept this offer northerners or slave boarders would. On September 22nd soon after the Union victory at Antietam, he issued an emancipation proclamation declaring that as of January 1st 1863 all slaves in the rebellious states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free" although the
The Emancipation Proclamation did little to clarify the status or citizenship of the freed slaves; it opened the possibility of military service for blacks. In 1863, the need for men convinced the administration to recruit northern and southern blacks for the Union army. Lincoln came so see black soldier as “the great available and yet unavailed for force for restoring the Union”. African American people helped that military service would secure equal rights for their people. One the black soldier had fought for the Union, wrote Frederick Douglass, “there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right of citizenship in the United States.” Lincoln exhibited a remarkable ability to alter his attitudes according to circumstance. He became so sincerely admire black soldiers during the Civil War. June 1864, Lincoln called on the party to “put into the platform as the keystone, the amendment of the Constitution abolishing and prohibiting slavery forever.” The party promptly called for the Thirteenth Amendment. The proposed amendment passed in early 1865 and was sent to the states for ratification. Finally, the war to save the Union had also become the war to free
Lincoln claimed that “...upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity…” (Lincoln). Put simply, Lincoln saw the Emancipation Proclamation and the enlistment of African Americans as needed for the military. This enlistment did, in fact, raise the number of troops. “Approximately 180,000 African Americans...served in the Union Army…” (T. Legion). This gave the Union more of an advantage. Ultimately, this did help the Union’s war
The proclamation helped the war effort by adding more soldiers to the union forces. The slaves would run to the soldiers for ensured freedom after the proclamation was declared. Some free blacks would enlist in the union army to fight against the south and their belief that slavery was morally accepted. The South, however, would firmly believe that slavery was accepted