Lesson Activity: Proclamation Revoking General David Hunter's General Order No. 11 on Military Emancipation of Slaves, May 19, 1862

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Lesson Activity: Proclamation Revoking General David Hunter's General Order No. 11 on Military Emancipation of Slaves, May 19, 1862

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Note: Original letter found here.

This Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs source focuses on Abraham Lincoln's May 19, 1862 response to General David Hunter's May 9, 1862 declaration of martial law and the emancipation of enslaved people in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. The source provides the original primary source with transcription, contextual background information and source dependent questions to help students analyze the source. In his 5-page letter, Lincoln includes a typed excerpt of Hunter's declaration, claims that he was not aware of Hunter's plans and offers a plan to help slave states gradually abolish slavery.

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