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a liberating step.
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Secondly, news of this Proclamation,
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whatever the details and the fine print,
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would spread like wildfire
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across the South,
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and it would bring about-- there's no question--it will bring
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about increased activity, increased flight,
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increased movement toward Union lines by freed people,
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where they can do it.
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And there's all over the record we have testimony
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of Confederate soldiers themselves, of Southerners,
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white Southerners themselves