“[singing] You got to go and dig those holes. With broken hands and withered souls. Emancipated from all you know. You got to go and dig those holes.”— Louis Sachar, Ricky "Zigzag", Max Kasch, imdb.com
“I know as fully as one can know the opinions of others, that some of the commanders of our armies in the field who have given us our most important successes, believe the emancipation policy, and the use of colored troops, constitute the heaviest blow yet dealt to the rebellion; and that, at least o…”— Abraham Lincoln, quod.lib.umich.edu
“One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorit…”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“The emancipation proclamation was heard in the depths of the earth as well as in the sky; men were made free, and material things became our better servants.”— Benjamin Harrison, top10-best.com