During my third year in office I issued The Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. In it I stated that from then on all slaves in the states fighting to keep slavery were free. The problem with this is that the northern states were still allowed to have slavery because I had only said slaves in the rebelling countries were free. Even though the proclamation did not end slavery, it did touch the hearts of many of the U.S. citizens. After I issued the Emancipation Proclamation, more than 150,000 blacks joined to fight in the war in hopes to win freedom for all. For many, the document gave a moral reason to fight.
Matthew Ruston
Matthew Ruston
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Harry Truman. This is an incredible thing you have done! I am sure that only the bravest man could start the end to slavery. Surely you must have known the rebelion and war that would follow. I sure hope it ends up being all for the better. "All men are created equal" may finally become true because of what you have done.
ReplyDeleteHENRY HOBBS
Hello this is Harry Truman again and I am the 33rd president of America. You are probably the best president ever and I don't think I could have done what you did because it caused so much uproar. You put your life on the line for what you believe and that is amazing. You knew that people wouldn't like it but you knew it was the right thing to do.
ReplyDeleteCooper Tinlsey
My name is Keona Turner,and i thank you for letting the slaves go because im a black person and if it wasn't for you i proably would be a slave. Even tho you had slaves on your lane as kid you still though about people.Thanks again for doing that.... saving the slaves.
ReplyDeleteP.S.: you are really tall!!!!!