Tag Archives: Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation: the Rebels Did It

Posted on January 9, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today a Richmond newspaper printed a document issued by Nathaniel Banks, commander of the Department of the Gulf, explaining the effect of President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on the people of Louisiana. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January … Continue reading →

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Jubilee

Posted on January 4, 2013 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times January 1, 1863: GRAND EMANCIPATION JUBILEE.; A Night-watch of Freedom at Shiloh Church Great Excitement and Rejoicing Among the Colored People Prayers, Speeches, Songs, Dirges and Shouts. The Chimes at Trinity. RINGING THE OLD YEAR OUT … Continue reading →

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Fireworks for the New Year

Posted on January 1, 2013 by SUMPTER

Why it’s good to keep your pilot on board ship. In the very early hours of 1863 a combined Confederate force under John Bankhead Magruder attacked the Union occupiers of Galveston, Texas. During the Battle of Galveston (or the Second … Continue reading →

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Pick and Choose Constitution

Posted on October 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

Native Kentuckian Cassius Marcellus Clay “was a paradox, a southern aristocrat who became a prominent anti-slavery crusader”. While attending Yale he heard William Lloyd Garrison speak and decided to become an abolitionist. He served as a Kentucky state representative and … Continue reading →

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The mask laid aside

Posted on September 29, 2012 by SUMPTER

A southern editorial on Abraham Lincoln’s September 22, 1862 Proclamation of Emancipation. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 30, 1862: Lincoln’s proclamation. The Yankee Government has at last laid aside all disguise. Lincoln openly proclaims the abolition of slavery throughout … Continue reading →

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“breath alone kills no rebels”

Posted on September 28, 2012 by SUMPTER

As a congressman and senator from Maine Hannibal Hamlin consistently opposed the extension of slavery. According to The life and times of Hannibal Hamlin by Charles Eugene Hamlin, Hannibal’s grandson, Hamlin continued his opposition to slavery as Lincoln’s vice-president. The … Continue reading →

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The Week+ in Review

Posted on September 26, 2012 by SUMPTER

Here a Democrat newspaper from upstate New York in a single column comments on three events on eight days in September: The Battle of Antietam on the 17th, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of the 22nd, and the president’s order subjecting … Continue reading →

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