In Maryland immediate emancipation is the order of the day. The convention to frame the Free State Constitution, which is to be elceted on the first Wednesday of April, and to meet on the last ...

The 1864 letter in which Abraham Lincoln replies ... He wills to do it." Although Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had declared freedom for all slaves held in areas "in rebellion" against ...

Also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day ... It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on Jan. 31, 1865, according to National Museum of African American ...

On Nov. 1, 1864, Maryland became one of the first ... and Park at no charge during the celebration of Maryland Emancipation ...