click image for close-up Click here for the text ... The decree also left room for a plan of compensated emancipation. No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented ...

Unaware of the long history behind the image, present-day spectators often perceived racial hierarchy in the depiction. Ignoring the historical moment of emancipation, they often assumed that any ...

That version has been popularized by false images seen in the 1939 film ... "We're looking at the largest emancipation event in American history," Parten said. That alone counters the narrative ...

In this lesson, students explore the realities of life after the Emancipation Proclamation and learn about courageous individuals who fought against the inequalities African Americans experienced.