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It was in yielding to this pressure that he finally became the liberator of the slaves through the triumph of our arms which it ensured.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “It was in yielding to this pressure that he finally became the liberator of the slaves through the triumph of our arms…”
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Julian reflects on Lincoln's eventual decision to emancipate slaves as a response to public pressure during the Civil War.
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