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Emancipation Proclamation
No Confederate states took the offer ... thenceforward, and forever free." The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves in the United States. Rather, it declared free only those slaves ...
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The Civil War and emancipation
93,000 from the Confederate states, 40,000 from the border slave states, and 53,000 from the free states. Black soldiers faced discrimination as well as segregation. The army was extremely ...
Hegseth’s nod to Confederate names of military bases betrays U.S. ideals
U.S. Military bases were named after Confederate soldiers to appease white supremacists; it was right to rename them.
Defense Secretary Hegseth Renames Fort Liberty To Fort Bragg—But Not After The Confederate General
The army installation’s name was changed to Fort Liberty in 2023, after Congress passed a law to rename all military bases ...
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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
In the late summer of 1865, a few months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union forces at Appomattox ...
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Alabama, Mississippi also honoring Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day
But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...