Ep 29. Abraham Lincoln: Issuing the Emancipation Proclamation

from Notable People in History · host Lawrence Jean-Louis

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Abraham Lincoln. Born February 12, 1809 in a cabin with one window, one door, and a chimney three miles south of Hodgenville, Kentucky… he became the 16th President of the United States and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within e rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free. 

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