Mapping the Nation - A Companion Site to Mapping the Nation by Susan Schulten

First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln

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Title	First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln
Creator	Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900

Description

In this iconic portrait, Carpenter carefully reproduced the Coast Survey’s map of slavery in the lower right corner after noticing Lincoln’s attention to it.