1. Read: Setting the Scene pg. 496 Lincoln’s Goal Pg. 496-497
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Read: Setting the Scene pg. 496
Lincoln’s Goal Pg
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2. A Promise of Freedom Pg.496 Setting the Scene
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Pg.496
Setting the Scene
“I makes up my mind to go and I leaves with a chunk of meat and cornbread … half skeert to death. I sure have my eyes open and my ears forward, watchin’ for the [Confederate slave patrols]. I step off the road in the night, at the sight of anything, and in the day I take to the woods.”
Some slaves ran away to join the war when
they heard that Northern soldiers were nearby.

3. Lincoln’s Goal Ending slavery in the United States was NOT
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Lincoln’s Goal
“If I could save the Union
without freeing any slave,
I would do it; and if I
could save it by freeing all
the slaves, I would do it;
and if I could do it by
freeing some and leaving
others alone, I would also
do that.”
Ending slavery in the United States was NOT
President Lincoln’s goal at the beginning of the Civil War.
(But of course we do know that Lincoln thought that slavery was morally wrong)

4. Read: The Emancipation Proclamation pg. 497 Motives and Timing pg.497
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Read: The Emancipation Proclamation pg. 497
Motives and Timing pg.497
Impact of the Proclamation pgs
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5. The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation
“On the 1st day of January, in
the year of our Lord 1863, all
persons held as slaves within
any state or … part of a state
[whose] people shall then be
in rebellion against the
United States, shall be then,
thenceforward, and forever
free.”
Lincoln tried to make things more difficult for the South by freeing the slaves in Confederate states hoping they would stop working for the Confederacy.

6. The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation DID
- free slaves in Southern states that were
not captured by the Union.
- introduce the idea of emancipation to the
country slowly.
- add the goal of ending slavery in the South to the war.
The Emancipation Proclamation DID NOT
- free any slaves still in the Union.
- free slaves in Southern cities already
captured by the Union (New Orleans, parts of
Tennessee, parts of Virginia, etc.)
- really immediately free any slaves in the
Confederacy.

7. The Emancipation Proclamation
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Lincoln visited the troops after
the victory at Antietam, Maryland

8. The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln visited the troops after
the victory at Antietam, Maryland

9. The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln visited the troops after
the victory at Antietam, Maryland

10. The Emancipation Proclamation Impact of the Proclamation
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Impact of the Proclamation
The North
Abolitionists and free African-Americans in the North were very happy about the Proclamation.
The South
Slave owners in the South felt Lincoln was trying to rob them of their valuable property which they paid lots of money for.
Europe
Many Europeans felt sympathy for the situation of the enslaved Africans, especially factory workers who worked long hours for low pay because they knew how hard it was.
Fredrick
Douglas

11. Read: African American Contributions pg. 496
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Read: African American Contributions pg. 496
In the Union Army pgs
Acts of Bravery pg.499
Behind Confederate Lines pg.499
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12. African American Contributions
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African American Contributions
In the Union Army
At the beginning of the war, thousands of free blacks wanted to sign up to fight in the war, but were not allowed, because they were not considered citizens.
In 1862, Congress repealed the law preventing blacks from joining the army and many free blacks and escaped slaves signed up to fight.
However, at first, blacks that enlisted were put only into all-black units and only allowed to support the war doing non-combat things like building roads, digging ditches and trenches, and guarding supplies.
By 1863, black soldiers were fighting on the battlefield and in 1864, they were finally given the same pay as white soldiers.

13. African American Contributions
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African American Contributions
Acts of Bravery
The 54th Regiment

14. African American Contributions
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African American Contributions
The Battle of Fort Wagner (South Carolina)

15. African American Contributions
The Battle of Fort Wagner (South Carolina)
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16. African American Contributions
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African American Contributions
Acts of Bravery
The 54th Regiment (all black units) fought at the Battle of Fort Wagner. Even though the Union lost the battle, the 54th Regiment was recognized as showing outstanding bravery.