For 10 points, name this executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by Abraham Lincoln that "freed" all slaves in Confederate-held territory.
A notable public reading of this document was given under a sprawling oak tree by Mary Peake. In a cartoon by Currier and Ives, this legislation is represented with an axe, which its drafter claims "is the only thing that can fetch" a chained dog labelled "Rebellion". In his book Forced Into Glory, Lerone Bennett argued that this legislation was a "hoax" and had no effect whatsoever. After the issuance of this document, Giuseppe Garibaldi congratulated its drafter by saying that he had gained "a more enviable title than any crown could be". This legislation nominally ended the "contraband" status of certain people. Border states were notably excluded from the effects of this legislation, whose aims were actually achieved with the 13th Amendment. For 10 points, name this executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by Abraham Lincoln that "freed" all slaves in Confederate-held territory.
A notable public reading of this document was given under a sprawling oak tree by Mary Peake.
Emancipation Proclamation