"Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave"
- L. Neil Smith
About this Quote
This quote by L. Neil Smith is describing the fact that Abraham Lincoln did not actually free any slaves himself. Rather, he provided the Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that all slaves in the Confederate states were to be released. Nevertheless, the proclamation did not really complimentary any slaves, as it was not legally binding. It was just after the Thirteenth Amendment was passed that slavery was formally eliminated in the United States. For that reason, while Lincoln is frequently credited with freeing the slaves, it was really the Thirteenth Amendment that did so. Lincoln's proclamation was a crucial action in the procedure, however it was not the final one.
This quote is written / told by L. Neil Smith somewhere between May 12, 1946 and today. He/she was a famous Writer from USA.
The author also have 29 other quotes.
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"The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up to our Founding principles. This is what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said, 'In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.'"
"Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men, and they are slaves"