Hannah Johnson is afraid that Lincoln might take back the Emancipation Proclamation. In her plea, she expresses her deep conviction that doing so would not only be morally wrong but would also undermine the significant progress made toward abolishing slavery. She emphasizes the righteousness of the Proclamation and its lasting impact, suggesting that revoking it would have dire consequences for the fight against slavery.
What is she afraid Lincoln might do?
take back the proclamation
change the proclamation
lose the Civil War
“They tell me . . . you will take back the Proclamation, don't do it. When you are dead and in Heaven, in a thousand years that action of yours will make the Angels sing your praises I know it. Ought one man to own another, law for or not, who made the law, surely the poor slave did not. So it is wicked, and a horrible outrage, there is no sense in it.”
–Hannah Johnson
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