Over one hundred and fifty years ago, in the heated summer of 1862, in the midst of the horrible American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln conceived a rebirth of freedom that would alter the course of that war, which would ultimately alter the course of the United States, as well as the history of the world. In essence, within the intense crucible of the Civil War, Lincoln manifested a decision to end slavery through the power he held as president. He came to the conclusion that he could expedite the end of the war by expediting the end of slavery. In July of 1862, Lincoln came to essentially formulate a Declaration of Independence for those in America yet yearning to be free.
