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Emancipation Memorial - Michael Herndon
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Hello, I am Michael Herndon, and today I will be telling you about the Emancipation Memorial. Before we begin, please open the first image file in the USB drive Images folder.
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First, a brief rundown of the Memorial itself. This statue depicts the United States� 16th president Abraham Lincoln as �The Great Emancipator� standing before and seemingly freeing an African-American slave, who is kneeling before Lincoln. This is a depiction of the Emancipation Proclamation. Please go to the next image.

The Emancipation Proclamation was an act passed by Lincoln on January 1st, 1863. The Proclamation stated that almost all slaves were to be freed; emphasis on almost. The proclamation did not free slaves that were working in Union-held areas, or areas that belonged to the Northern side of the US. However, this almost wasn�t a very big almost. The North didn�t even have that many slaves, so as a result, 3.1 Million out of the US�s 4 Million slaves were freed. Next image.

So, if we may go back to the monument�s appearance, many of it�s design elements make perfect sense when it comes to representing the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln is waving his hand over the slave, which frees him, almost like Lincoln has a magic hand. Saying this isn�t that far off. After all, he was the president. Even if being president doesn�t come with as much power as one may think, Lincoln was able to put an end to (do some calculating noises) 77.5 of the United States� slavery with a collection of pencil strokes.

There�s a lot more to this monument than just being a visual representation of the Emancipation Proclamation though. (next image) The Emancipation Memorial was sculpted and designed by Thomas Ball in 1876. Thomas was a well-known sculptor, and worked on everything from busts of celebrities at the time to the Washington Monument! But this is about the Monument, not the life story of the guy who made it. Now for some miscellaneous facts. (next image)

The Emancipation Memorial was built at Lincoln Park and it proudly stands there to this day. It was previously named the Lincoln Memorial, but that name was changed when the big chair-toting monument was created.

So overall, the Emancipation Memorial is a celebration of the amazing act passed by president Abraham Lincoln that single handedly abolished 77.5 % of america�s slaves, which truly is something to be celebrated.

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