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The Emancipation Proclamation in a "Southern" newspaper...
The Emancipation Proclamation in a "Southern" newspaper...
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December 30, 1862
NASHVILLE DAILY UNION, Tennessee, Dec. 30, 1862 Tennessee was the last state to join the Confederacy, and shortly thereafter Nashville became a target of Union forces. By the beginning of March, 1862 Nashville became the first Confederate state capital to fall to the Yankee troops. See the hyperlink for much more on the interesting history of this newspaper.
Certainly the most significant content is found on the back page, where more than a full column is taken up with the very historic Emancipation Proclamation, first announced in September, 1862 which formally became effective on January 1, 1863. The heads at the top of the page read: "A Proclamation" "By the President of the United States" followed by the text of the Emancipation Proclamation which includes in part: "...all persons held as slaves within any state...the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thence forward and forever free..." (see). It is signed at its conclusion by the President: Abraham Lincoln.
This is a very early printing, as it was typical that this historic document was printed in newspapers on January 2 or 3 of 1863. I don't ever recall seeing it printed 1 or 3 days before the Proclamation became effective--quite rare as such.
The back page also has a "Proclamation" by the governor of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson, who ironically would become Lincoln's running mate in the next President election, and his successor upon Lincoln's assassination.
There is war related content inside, but it pales in comparison to the Emancipation Proclamation.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, some minor foxing & minor wrinkling, generally very nice condition.
Category: Yankee
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