From
“Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst
September 3
‘…It’s not just that that day’s four million
slaves were freed; their progeny, otherwise destined to be slaves themselves,
were freed. And it is not just that the slaves current and future were freed;
their white masters were freed from the incubus of slavery. The rest of the
American population was freed from it. An institution which was radically
unjust in its very essence was overcome. It is not only that a certain number
of living Southerners were “held” in the Union; the principle of the American
Union was defended, and not only defended but given a deep redefinition, now
with equality at the center alongside freedom.’
- William Lee Miller
‘Here I stand; I can
do no other.’
- Martin Luther
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