“All persons held as slaves within any State . . . shall be . . . forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons.”
The passage comes from an important historical document, the Emancipation Proclamation. Who wrote this document?
Responses
A Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln
B Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson
C George WashingtonGeorge Washington
D Franklin Roosevelt
1 answer
A Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln