By Lesley Gist, The Gist of Freedom Lincoln - 'shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free!' It was Jubilee Day, Jan. 1, 1863. In Washington, President Abraham Lincoln was expected to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. It declared that the enslaved held in the rebel states that had seceded “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” […]
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