Tag: Emancipation Proclamation

• The Truth of Freedom: Emancipation in America

  

  “Who the Son sets free is free indeed!” John 8:36 It’s the truth we know that sets us free. So I can only imagine how the slaves who were waiting to receive word of their constitutional freedom might have felt in the days and years following the Civil War. The expectation had to be overwhelming…

  Really, Leah

  June 20, 2026

  Authors, From the Heart

  American History, Emancipation Proclamation, freedom, Jubilee

• January 1. Heavy with Hope

  January 1 holds a tradition of monumental occurrences and the promise for vibrant hope. Consider the following two perspectives:  In the Beginning of Creation— God said “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.”  Genesis 1:3-4 In the annals of American…

  Really, Leah

  January 1, 2026

  Authors

  Abraham Lincoln, America, bible, Emancipation Proclamation, faith, Fredrick Douglass, Heavy with Hope, history, January 1, Jesus, light, new year, slavery, Thomas Jefferson

• LET FREEDOM RING BEYOND JUNETEENTH

  

  The name has changed but the reasons are the same.

  Really, Leah

  June 23, 2025

  Authors, Culture, From the Heart

  13th Amendment, abraham-lincoln, black history, civil-war, Constitution, Emancipation Proclamation, history, Juneteenth, Juneteenth Day, Let Freedom Ring, Lincoln, President, slavery

• LET FREEDOM RING OF THE REASONS BEHIND OUR GOOD WORKS

  

  While freedom, from bondage, has every right to ring, from the southernmost plains to the nation’s lofty capital, the Emancipation Proclamation was but a step toward the end of the ungodly, dehumanizing social norm carried into the new land called slavery. On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation affirming “And by…

  Really, Leah

  June 19, 2024

  Authors

  13th Amendment, abraham-lincoln, civil-war, Constitution, Emancipation Proclamation, history, Juneteenth Day, Let Freedom Ring, Lincoln, President, slavery