American slavery didn’t abruptly end with Lincoln’s signature on the Emancipation Procla
American slavery didn’t abruptly end with Lincoln’s signature on the Emancipation Proclamation. It was the result of thousands of soldiers, slaves, freedmen and other ordinary Americans fighting and resisting–for decades. A compelling new digital history project uses mapping technology to tell that story–and challenge assumptions about emancipation. -- source link
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