I guess Barack Obama complained that the Emancipation Proclamation was "more a military document than a clarion call for justice." To which history and civics teacher Betsy Newmark says, "Well, d'uh."
Being a history teacher, she goes on to explain why Lincoln used his authority as Commander in Chief for that situation.
She recommends the book Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation by Allen Guelzo.
Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber
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I read this memoir conversion story on my Kindle back in 2011 when it first
was published. I said then that I enjoyed the story, but it left me feeling
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I sometimes wonder, in light of Durbin's idiotic comments, and now Obama's rather silly one, whether we can make a history test a prerequisite for holding public office in this country!
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