Tag Archives: Emancipation

DC Union meeting

Posted on April 1, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago yesterday a big Union rally was held in the federal Capitol. Andrew Johnson made an impassioned speech with President Lincoln looking on. Green Adams, a native of the president’s old home of Kentucky, agreed that the Administration … Continue reading →

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‘Lincoln rheumatism’ stirs hearts

Posted on January 25, 2013 by admin

In January 1863 the New Jersey legislature had to elect someone to serve out a U.S. senator’s term that would end in March of that year. One of the contenders was Democrat James Walter Wall, who had been locked up … Continue reading →

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“sublime Christian heroism”

Posted on January 23, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this week (January 19, 1863) President Lincoln responded to the working-men of Manchester, England, who had written him on New Year’s Eve to commend him for his Emancipation Proclamation and to encourage him to continue the work … Continue reading →

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Jubilee

Posted on January 4, 2013 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times January 1, 1863: GRAND EMANCIPATION JUBILEE.; A Night-watch of Freedom at Shiloh Church Great Excitement and Rejoicing Among the Colored People Prayers, Speeches, Songs, Dirges and Shouts. The Chimes at Trinity. RINGING THE OLD YEAR OUT … Continue reading →

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Pick and Choose Constitution

Posted on October 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

Native Kentuckian Cassius Marcellus Clay “was a paradox, a southern aristocrat who became a prominent anti-slavery crusader”. While attending Yale he heard William Lloyd Garrison speak and decided to become an abolitionist. He served as a Kentucky state representative and … Continue reading →

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“breath alone kills no rebels”

Posted on September 28, 2012 by SUMPTER

As a congressman and senator from Maine Hannibal Hamlin consistently opposed the extension of slavery. According to The life and times of Hannibal Hamlin by Charles Eugene Hamlin, Hannibal’s grandson, Hamlin continued his opposition to slavery as Lincoln’s vice-president. The … Continue reading →

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“like the Pope’s bull against the comet!”

Posted on September 14, 2012 by SUMPTER

In this letter dated 150 years ago yesterday President Lincoln admits to some religious folk from Chicago that the question of proclaiming liberty to the slaves “is on my mind, by day and night, more than any other.” But he … Continue reading →

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