#OnThisDay in 1862, President Lincoln first issued the Emancipation Proclamation following Union victory at the Battle of Antietam during the US Civil War. It didn't have as broad an effect as is usually taught, but it was a big step forward in emancipating slaves in America. 📜
I haven't read this book but it's on my TBR. It's a history of escaped-slave refugee camps in Union land & how these camps helped shape emancipation & black citizenship.
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