Rather, it declared free only those slaves living in states not under Union control. William Seward, Lincoln's secretary of state, commented, "We show our symapthy with slavery by emancipating ...

He was joined there by Anna Murray, a free black woman from ... most of whom were skeptical of Lincoln's qualified and relatively mild opposition to slavery. Douglass argued that although Lincoln ...

Though "contraband" slaves had been declared free, Lincoln continued to insist that this was a war to save the Union, not to free slaves. But by 1862, Lincoln was considering emancipation as a ...

Following the Civil War and the assassination of the president, Douglas penned a letter that was republished in newspapers of ...

Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President ...

Similarly offered as evidence of Lincoln's opportunism is his oft quoted remark "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 ...

"Here they were on the free soil of Illinois. Within sight across the river lay the slave state of Missouri." Lincoln came on aggressively, building on the same argument he had launched the week ...