The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet
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This lithograph, based on a painting in the U.S. Capitol, recreates the cabinet meeting at which Lincoln read the first draft of his proclamation."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "A pesar de su tendencia abolicionista, Abraham Lincoln (1809\u00e2\u0080\u00931865) lleg\u00c3\u00b3 a la presidencia prometiendo no interferir con la esclavitud en los estados donde exist\u00c3\u00ada. Para evitar enemistarse con los estados esclavistas que segu\u00c3\u00adan leales a la Uni\u00c3\u00b3n, se resisti\u00c3\u00b3 al reclamo abolicionista de que incluyera el fin de la esclavitud en las metas de la Guerra Civil. 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