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Presenter Identifying Himself as Abraham Lincoln Recounts Path to Emancipation at Library Reception
Summary
At the opening reception for the "Forever Free" exhibit, a presenter identifying himself as Abraham Lincoln reviewed his life, the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, and answered audience questions about the proclamation's scope, the Freedmen's Bureau and wartime politics.
At the opening reception for the exhibit "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation," a presenter identifying himself as Abraham Lincoln gave a first‑person account of his life, Civil War leadership and the path to emancipation, then answered audience questions about wartime decisions and the immediate postwar response.
The presenter described his background and legal and political career, recalled the crisis at Fort Sumter and the early war, and said that after the Union victory at Antietam he "took the opportunity 5 days later to issue the preliminary emancipation." He said the formal Emancipation Proclamation took effect on New Year's Day 1863 and that the proclamation applied only "to territory controlled by the hostile military." The presenter added…
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