Lincoln and Emancipation
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  • Primary Documents
    • Letter to Williamson Durley (1845)
    • House Divided Speech (1858)
    • Cooper Union Address (1860)
    • First Inaugural Address (1861)
    • First Draft of Emancipation Proclamation (July 1862) >
      • Second Confiscation Act
    • Letter to Horace Greeley (1862)
    • Emancipation Proclamation (January 1963)
    • Letter to Hodges (1864)
  • Expert Scholarship and Historiography
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Lincoln and Emancipation

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New York Historical Society Museum and Library

Understanding Lincoln:
Gilder Lehrman Institute
Summer 2016
Lindsay Peterson



When did the war for union become the war for freedom?

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As evidenced by the above Word Cloud created from the website's primary sources, Lincoln attempted to balance the Constitution, union and states' rights as he determined his emancipation policies  during the Civil War.


This website includes primary and secondary sources for students to analyze in order to answer the above question with specific evidence.


This website was created by Lindsay Peterson, a teacher at Millbrook School in Millbrook, New York.
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  • Home
  • Background Information
  • Primary Documents
    • Letter to Williamson Durley (1845)
    • House Divided Speech (1858)
    • Cooper Union Address (1860)
    • First Inaugural Address (1861)
    • First Draft of Emancipation Proclamation (July 1862) >
      • Second Confiscation Act
    • Letter to Horace Greeley (1862)
    • Emancipation Proclamation (January 1963)
    • Letter to Hodges (1864)
  • Expert Scholarship and Historiography
  • Teacher Instructions
  • About