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Each Commanding General, as fast as our flag advanced, could have offered freedom to the slaves, as could the President himself.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “Each Commanding General, as fast as our flag advanced, could have offered freedom to the slaves, as could the President…”
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Julian argues that both commanding generals and the President had the power to offer freedom to slaves as Union forces advanced.
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