Emancipation Proclamation
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To Kill a Mockingbird:
An Historical PerspectiveAnalysis of the Emancipation Proclamation
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- Examine the three versions of the Emancipation Proclamation.
What are the dates of each of the three documents?
- First Draft:
- Second Draft:
- Final Signed Document:
- To what body did President Lincoln issue this Proclamation?
- What was his reasoning for issuing the Proclamation to this body?
- What significant changes do you observe between the opening lines
of the first and final drafts?
- What section of the final draft is taken directly from the second
draft?
- Look at the conclusion of each of the three drafts.
- Does the first draft appear to be complete? Explain.
- How does the first draft differ from the second?
- What further changes were made in the conclusion of the final draft?
- In the Proclamation Lincoln is not calling for the emancipation of
all slaves. What slaves will be emancipated through this document?
- This Proclamation was issued two years into the Civil War.
What do you believe was the motivation for the release of this document
at this time?
- Write a complete bibliography entry for this document.
- Although this document is written in English, the sentence
structure and word usage may be unfamiliar to the contemporary student.
Paraphrase Lincoln's document using formal, but more contemporary language.
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