Monthly Archives: December 2013

“Oh I wish you had staid with me”: December 1863

Interracial worship service, Port Royal, S.C.  Source: The London Illustrated News, 5 December 1863 December 1863 was a busy month in the history of emancipation in the American Civil War. On December 8, President Abraham Lincoln issued the first salvo in … Continue reading

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