The Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln
The Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln
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The Emancipation Proclamation

Author: Abraham Lincoln

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/04/2012

Synopsis

While the conflict over slavery was a factor in the Civil War, the abolition of slavery did not become a stated objective until Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which went into effect on January 1, 1863. Now, to commemorate the 150 year anniversary of the Proclamation, here is a new, unabridged audio recording of that historic document, freeing the slaves held in the still Confederate controlled states. Heralded as one of America's most significant documents, this is a piece of history not to be missed.

About Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was a store owner, postmaster, county surveyor, and lawyer, before sitting in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He was our 16th President, being elected twice, and serving until his assassination in 1865. He is best known for leading the United States through the Civil War, and his anti-slavery stance.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clay

Reads more like the U.S. Constitution than the Declaration of Independence. Did not know about the part of the Emancipation that told the newly freed slaves to use violence only in self defense. One of many great writings by President Abraham Lincoln.......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly

The Emancipation Proclamation is a moving and thought provoking document. It demonstrates a President's conviction to create change for the better good of all people in spite of the opposition of the times. During the Civil Rights movement of the 60's President Lyndon Johnson reminded us that eman......more

Goodreads review by Parmida R. A.

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, in the second year of the Civil War. In a preliminary proclamation issued four months earlier, Lincoln stated that on the first of the year “all persons held as slaves” in “States and parts of States, if any, in which th......more

Goodreads review by Young

Personally, I feel that it sounds more like the proclamation of Lincoln's author'ity, not freedom of the slaves. Nonetheless, it's a good study of the 19th-century U.S. Federal Government proclamation whose lines sound quite interesting.......more

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