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In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was faced with a major dilemma dealing with an upcoming election. Arguments and fights were breaking out among the people of Northern and Southern States. Lincoln knew something had to be done to show his view points a ....

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... much longer. "Since masters were unlikely to tell their slaves of Lincoln's act, and word of mouth was unreliable, miniature copies of the Proclamation were handed out by soldiers"(www.thelincolnmuseum.com). The Proclamation was only a written authorization, and had to be enforced by the army, especially Sherman's army. "General Sherman and his army soon began, thousands of slaves followed in their wake...and were never under the legal authority of their former masters. So the argument that the Emancipation 'freed no slaves' is a specious one"(www.w3f.com). The Thirteenth Amendment was known as the continuation and enforcement of the Eman ...