2. why did lincoln compose such a monumental document as the emancipation proclamation to read like a bill of lading? (a bill of lading is a detailed list of a shipment of goods in the form of a receipt given by the carrier to the person consigning the goods.)



Answer :

Abraham Lincoln composed document such as Emancipation proclamation to state "that all persons kept as slaves" in the rebellious states "are, and henceforth shall be free.

President Abraham Lincoln of the United States issued the Emancipation Proclamation, known colloquially as Proclamation 95, on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. In the secessionist Confederate states, the Proclamation altered the legal standing of more than 3.5 million imprisoned African Americans from being slaves to free people.

Slaves became permanently free the moment they fled the grasp of their masters, whether by fleeing to Union lines or by the advance of government troops. The Emancipation proclamation also allowed former slaves to "be admitted into the United States armed service."

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