Abraham Lincoln actually said...

Neither General Hunter nor any other commander or person has been authorized by the Government of the United States to make proclamations declaring the slaves of any State free

Context

Proclamation 90—Revoking Major General David Hunter's Order of Military Emancipation

05/18/1862

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