• FireTower@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    why was the Emancipation Proclamation smack in the middle of the civil war?

    Because Cassius Marcellus Clay publicly refused to accept Lincoln’s appointment to Major General in the Union Army unless Lincoln agreed to emancipate the slaves. Lincoln had originally planned to do it after until pressured.