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Lincoln and Emancipation: L.A. Times op-ed 1/2/2013

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago this week, has often been criticized by blacks, by radicals and also by mainstream historians who doubt its significance as a turning point in the Civil War and in American history.
. . . continued at LA Times op-ed page HERE or http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-wiener-emancipation-proclamation-20130102,0,5858934.story

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