Historical Proclamation: Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 08, 1863 - Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan & the Wade Davis Bill He Vetoed

Historical Proclamation: Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 08, 1863 - Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

12/16/1863

Historical Proclamation

The Library of Congress presents an 1863 historical proclamation, written by Abraham Lincoln, that pardons those who participated in the rebellion of the Confederacy upon their oath of allegiance to the Union and also declares that the following states could be readmitted to the Union as long as 10 percent of their population swore allegiance: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

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