Emancipation proclamation Quote by Bobby Akart

Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic…

— Melville Fuller

"We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element of strength to those who had their service, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Right now I'm thinking a good deal about emancipation. One of our sins was slavery, another was emancipation. It's a paradox. In theory, emancipation…

— Shelby Foote

You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently.

— Abraham Lincoln

The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that he had…

— Salmon P. Chase

“Modern Slavery is the lack of emancipation from Mental Slavery.”

— Dr Ikoghene S Aashikpelokhai

Then it was that were passed the laws restricting emancipation and prohibiting education.

— Henry Charles Carey

“American Slavery, American Freedom,”

— Andrew Levy

“A man must be disposed to judge of emancipation by other tests than whether it has increased the produce of sugar,—and to hate slavery…

— Frederick Douglass

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a…

— Anonymous