I shall leave to the statesman, the philosopher, and historian, the more comprehensive discussion of this document, and only tell how it touched me, and those in like condition with me at the time.
From his autobiography, explaining his personal focus on the Emancipation Proclamation's impact on himself and other enslaved people, rather than a broader political analysis.
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