The Great Conflict, What Has Been Gained, and What Remains to Be Done
Delivered by a prominent Chicago lawyer and anti-slavery activist, this speech sought to associate the liberty originally proclaimed by the Declaration of Independence with the freedom of enslaved people brought about by the Emancipation Proclamation and the Union’s victory in the Civil War. In his address, Larned describes the proclamation as, “the child of the Declaration of Independence,” and “side by side with the Declaration of Independence, it will go down to future ages as the glorious result of the great conflict in arms between Freedom and Slavery….” Today, we celebrate the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19th, known as Juneteenth, the day it went into effect in the final state, Texas.
Edwin C. (Channing) Larned (1820-1884).
The Great Conflict, What Has Been Gained, and What Remains to Be Done. Chicago: Printed by H. A. Newcombe, 1865.
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