The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
July 12, 1862---The President pushes compensated emancipation; the Border States say "No."
JULY 12, 1862:
President Lincoln met with representatives and senators from
the slave states that had remained loyal to the Union to urge them to agree to
gradual, compensated emancipation.
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