Linclon abraham (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition With The Number Line Indicating A Second Printing. Includes Short Biographies Of The Contributers And Index. The Book Is Bound In Burgundy Cloth With Gilt Lettering On The Front And Spine. The Book Has A Damp Stain To The Lower Page Edges Of The Back One Quarter. The Price Clipped Jacket Has Minor Wear And A Faint Stain On The Inside Near The Lower Spine.…

Original typographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln composed of his Emancipation Proclamation, issued onÂJanuary 1, 1863. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed, the entire piece measures 26.5 inches by 19 inches. An exceptional piece, a rare and desirable piece of Americana. Abraham Lincoln issued the The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, on January 1st, 1865. The executive order changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans from slave to free and made the abolition of slavery an explicit goal of the Union war effort. To ensure emancipation, Lincoln pushed for passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, and insisted that Reconstruction plans for Southern states require abolition in new state constitutions. Congress passed the 13th Amendment by the necessary two-thirds vote on January 31, 1865, and it was ratified by the states on December 6, 1865, ending legal slavery.…