The debate over the Emancipation Proclamation With Ms. Briese

Warm up: Why do you think their would be a debate over the Emancipation Proclamation? Form groups of three, discuss the prompt and have one person write down your ideas

The Emancipation Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln January 1, Review

The Emancipation Proclamation "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free."

The Emancipation Proclamation Did not apply to border states where slavery was still in practice

Why would there be a debate? Simply put, the EP did not free anyone until after the war. It only would free people if the Union won the war These has lead many historians to discuss it’s purpose and historical significance.

Just read and write key ideas For the next two slides, just read the quotes!!! Write down the key ideas and then turn to your neighbor and share your ideas

Allen Guelzo “His was also a political strategy, the main weapon of which became emancipation at the end of Emancipation struck at not only the war-making potential of the Confederacy but also the heart of the Southern social system. But Lincoln had to tread carefully for domestic political reasons, because while emancipation was welcomed by abolitionists and their radical Republican allies in Congress, it was denounced by conservative Democrats in the North and loyal slaveholders in the slave states that remained in the Union. Lincoln needed both groups to if he was successfully to prosecute the war.”

Lerome Bennett “My paramount object is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could do it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.” Letter to Horace Greenly from Lincoln

Why does a debate exist? Because in reality, the EP does not free anyone until after the war Lincoln was treading in a lot of hot water just for passing the EP itself Plus, none of us are Lincoln so no one can exactly know why he passed it. For all of these reasons it is a definite hot topic

Review When was the Emancipation Proclamation published? – January 17 th 1865 January 17 th 1865 – July 22 nd, 1862 July 22 nd, 1862 – January 1, 1863 January 1, 1863 – December 31 st, 1862 December 31 st, 1862

Tonight’s Homework Research who Allen Guelzo and Lerome Bennett are and find another historian’s opinion on the EP Write a 2-3 page paper on your opinion of the EP, it’s significance and use historians to support your opinion