Lincoln Reads the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet

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With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition

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Transcription

When the rebel army was at Frederick, I determined, as soon as it should be driven out of Maryland, to issue a Proclamation of Emancipation such as I thought most likely to be useful. I said nothing to any one; but I made the promise to myself, and (hesitating a little)—to my Maker. The rebel army is driven out, and I am going to fulfill that promise.

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