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For works with an identical name but is of a different completely different entity (ex. The Tempest (Shakespeare; literature) vs. The Tempest (Insane Clown Posse; rap), use the following format:

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Example:

“Shakespeare: The Tempest”

This refers to the first actual Emancipation Proclamation, which Lincoln floated to the South on September 22, 1862. He proceeds to quote this version of the proclamation word for word, the equivalent of saying:

You have had your warning, and this is the legal notice that you haven’t responded to the warning and therefore I am taking action.

These 7 counties and 2 cities are located in the Tidewater Region of Virginia. The region was controlled by Union forces at the time.

#FUN FACT

The term tidewater may be correctly applied to all portions of any area, including Virginia, where the water level is affected by the tides (more specifically, where the water level rises when the tide comes in).

West Virginia became a state following the Wheeling Convention (the convention where Virginia’s state legislature made the decision to secede), and holds the distinction of being the only state to form from breaking away from a seceding state to remain in the Union.

These Parishes (Louisianan counties) were already under the control of the Union Army at the time of the Proclamation, thus exempting them from emancipating their slaves.

Lincoln NEVER said that he would free all the slaves, just slaves living in states in rebellion (red). That means that slaves in Confederate territory already controlled by the Union Army were not freed.

The Border States (yellow) also held slaves, but remained a part of the Union when the rest of the South seceded. To stay in their good graces, President Lincoln could not free slaves in these states.

#REMEMBER

President Lincoln’s top priority throughout the Civil War was not to free slaves, but to preserve the Union.

The issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation changed the purpose of the war. Since Lincoln officially declared the Confederate States of America as a separate entity in conflict with the Union, the war had to be won in order for the Emancipation Proclamation to be enforced. This is the official document making the Civil War a war of moral principles, considering the focus of the war had officially become the freeing of the slaves in the Confederacy.

A figure of speech in which an absent or imaginary person is represented as speaking.

Examples

• The markets expect bold action from the central banks.

• If Miller Huggins was alive today, he’d be turning over in his grave

—Yogi Berra, speaking of a former Yankees manager.

Another great example would be Kendrick Lamar’s song “Swimming Pools”.