click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document ... emancipation. No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation.

In recognition of Black History Month, Clark Curtis will be taking a closer look at some of the people, places, and events ...

For each student, print out and make copies of the Emancipation Proclamation transcript (accessible via the PBS LearningMedia website listed above – see the “For Teachers” section at the ...