On the recordSeptember 21, 1862
It is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress, to again recommend the adoption of a practical measure tendering pecuniary aid to the free acceptance or rejection of all slave States
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presidency.ucsb.eduAbraham Lincoln: “It is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress, to again recommend the adoption of a practical measure tendering…”
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Proclamation 93—Declaring the Objectives of the War Including Emancipation of Slaves in Rebellious States on January 1, 1863
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