- Series
- Lincoln as a social prophet
- Air Date
- 1968-07-01
- Duration
- 00:28:53
- Episode Description
- Episode 6: The road to complete emancipation of American Negroes is a long road. The emancipation proclamation of 1863 was a major step on that road as was the 13th Amendment of 1865. To better understand Lincoln's role in freeing the slaves., it is wise to return to procedure certainly will help us at least to understand why Lincoln so slowly initiated emancipation. One of the best explanations for his caution was his reply to a large group of Christians of all denominations. They had publicly met on September 7th, 1862 in Brian Hall, Chicago, and had adopted a memorial favoring national emancipation. Although he had decided weeks before to issue a proclamation, he argued with the delegates on September 13th as if it were undecided. In actuality, the problem of emancipation was one of timing. If emancipation came too soon, support for the war might lessen and the south win. In any event, slavery would have been extended throughout the north.
- Series Description
- A series of readings from letters and speeches by Abraham Lincoln, prepared and delivered by Marvin Ceynar, speech instructor at Northern Illinois University.
- Subject(s)
- Creator(s)
- WNIC (Producer)Northern Illinois University (Producer)
- Contributors
- Genre(s)
- Geographic Region(s)
- regions
- Time Period
- 1961-1970
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