Thavolia Glymph is an author and a professor of history and law at Duke University. Her research, writing, and teaching focus on slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction, labor, and women in the U.S South. Signed by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people living in states fighting against the Union were legally free and allowed black men to join the Union Army
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General Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson during the American Civil War, painting by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau. 07 August 2025. Harrison W. Mark. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
President Lincoln is our greatest President. Partly because of the Emancipation Proclamation. I think his wish came true.
Thank you for this reading, Professor Glymph. I've recognized the Civil War as a war that spanned "across four Aprils" but I'm not aware of the different movements, battles, and proclamations made within this time frame. Your post provided an important reference point: thank you. And to look into his eyes after hearing this post, sends chills up my spine..