In 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in the Confederacy. He declared, “I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do in signing this paper.” Join Selby Kiffer as he discusses this document's historic legacy, a highlight of Two Centuries of American History.
The Road to Freedom: Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
New York | May 2016