Emancipation Proclamation
A facsimile of the document signed by President Abraham Lincoln in January 1863 granting freedom to the slaves in designated southern states. These states did not consider themselves part of the union or under President Lincoln’s jurisdiction, so the Civil War continued until 1865.
Books in this station: From Slavery to Freedom by John Hope Franklin, Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington, I Have a Dream, a collection of Black Americans on U.S. Postage Stamps, Crusaders for Freedom, by Henry Steele Commager, Negro Heroes of Emancipation, (no author) and U.G.R.R., by William Still.
