September 22, 2023 by frbillnicholas SLAVERY, CHRISTIANITY & THE UNITED STATES Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation September 22 is the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, declared by Abraham Lincoln in 1862.Fr. Bill discusses the history of Slavery, how the Bible addresses the issue, its history in Christian Europe and in the Founding of the United States. He threads the needle leading up to the Civil War and Lincoln’s Proclamation, and how the Constitution of the United States did not endorse Slavery, but brought forth everything from the History of Western Europe up to that point to direct the new Nation towards eventual Emancipation.
