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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 the 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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she draws fat birds in stokes tight as geography their plump bodies arch above bent twigs and flowers in a splash of boneless color remember the leaves and veins... WHY TU FU DOES NOT SPEAK NUBIAN by Colleen McElroy.
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