History 2301E Lecture : American History Slaves doc
22 Mar 2012
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This time the rights apply to all men. The civil war is about whether or not a nation can exist where all men are created equal. It is up to the living to extend the principles of the declaration of independence to all. 1864 apologises for slavery second a. address. The civil war is the price they paid for the sin of slavery. April 16 1865 l. is assassinated lived to see the last battle of the civil war. 1865 shot in the back of the head at the theatre. Reconstruction of the country after the civil war should read in text book. Most pressing political questions until 1877 (end of the reconstruction era because the last confederate government elected a democratic state government) The emancipation proclamation is a military act so the 13th amendment is needed to make the abolishment of slaves" permanent (takes care of border states with slaves e. p does not apply to them)
