When I first refined my topic for further exploration I was under the impression that I would be able to review the differing views of President Lincoln's attitude towards emancipation, and then to draw some conclusions about his motives, and decide if it was the great gesture it is believed to be by many today. ... I think it also important to note that Lincoln and McClellan met at Antietam on October 4 1862. ...

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"It's incredible", continues the Reverend, "how it was possible for such a number of human beings to exist, packed up and wedged together as tight as they could cram, in low cells three feet high, the greater part of which, except that immediately under the grated hatchways, was shut out from light or air, and this when the thermometer was incredible high. The slaves were all inclosed under grated hatchways between decks. ...

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