1. Emancipation Proclamation and Liberation
Many documents drafted during the Civil War period were stepping stones to the abolishment of slavery in America. Not all documents created during this time had a major impact on the institution of slavery; the Emancipation Proclamation, however, was the beginning of the end for slavery. ... The civil war did not start as a crusade to end the institution of slavery. ... "For months, he had wanted to free the 3.5 million slaves who were the backbone of the Confederate economy. ... The south's economy began to fall apart as they lost more and more slaves; the labor force steadily decreased....
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate