365 Days of Facts

Frederick Douglass

Feb 14, 2021LibrarianBiographyEmancipation Proclamation, Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in or around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. Douglass was not sure of his birth date but it is most often recognized on February 14. One slaveholder’s wife taught him the alphabet, and then he taught himself to read and write. When he could, he taught other slaves to

Abraham Lincoln

Feb 12, 2021Librarian2 CommentsBiography, Civil War, Government, President13th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer. He would become America’s 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865. He is best known for holding together the fractured nation through the Civil War and passing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery. Lincoln is one of the most influential people in US

Emancipation Proclamation Issued: January 1, 1863

Jan 1, 2021Librarian1 CommentPresident, Civil War, HistoryAbraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as the country entered the third year of the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation declared that “all persons held as slaves … shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free”—but it applied only to states designated as being in rebellion, not to the