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Sat, 08.31.1861

The Fremont Proclamation is Revoked

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On this date in 1861, John C. Fremont issued a proclamation freeing the slaves of Missouri rebels.  President Lincoln revoked his proclamation.

A major in the Union Army, Fremont would become an American Civil War general. After the war, he became California's first senator and ran for president of the United States.

New Poem Each Day

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I Life goes by moving, Up and down a chain of moods Wanting what’s nothing. II My soul is the wind Dashing down fields of Autumn: O, too swift... ENCHANTMENT by Lewis Grandison Alexander
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