Primary Source #1: A Painting of President George Washington, 1776.
Primary Source #2: The Emancipation Proclomation by President Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863.
A Proclamation.
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit:Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth[)], and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
By the President: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit:Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth[)], and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
By the President: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Analysis:
The Emancipation Proclamation was written in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. Before he gave this speech, slavey was a big problem in America. It caused the Southern states to succeed from the Union and also led to the Civil War. This Proclamation stated that all slaves were free, however, in the end it really did not free any slaves. The counties that are excepted from this proclamation are not actually in his control. It was simply a way to get African Americans to fight in the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation was written in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. Before he gave this speech, slavey was a big problem in America. It caused the Southern states to succeed from the Union and also led to the Civil War. This Proclamation stated that all slaves were free, however, in the end it really did not free any slaves. The counties that are excepted from this proclamation are not actually in his control. It was simply a way to get African Americans to fight in the Civil War.
Primary Source #3: Newspaper Article about Rosa Parks, Crusader Newspaper (Rockford, Illinois) Dec. 9th, 1955
Analysis: This newspaper article from the Crusader Newspaper was written on December 9th, 1955 during the Civil Rights Movement. It describes Rosa Park's protests in Montgomery, Alabama. It also mentions that because of protests, African Americans were not riding the bus. This caused a decrease in funds in public transportation. This article also foreshadows to when congress declares that the segregation laws in Montgomery, Alabama were unconstitutional. |