Word-clouding the Emancipation Proclamation

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation—which declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free”—went into effect. Below are the words Lincoln used in his declaration. The more frequently he used a word, the larger it appears.

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A Civil War Cattle Drive

Beef for the Union Army Cross the Long Bridge at Washington. Image Credit: Harper’s Weekly, 16 November 1861.