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IN HCR0016
Concurrent Resolution
Status
Passed
2/26/2013
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Porter
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AI Summary
- Concurrent resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863
- Acknowledges the proclamation's role in weakening the Confederacy by freeing slaves in rebellious states and allowing African Americans to serve in the Union military
- Notes that over 200,000 African Americans eventually joined the Union war effort and that the proclamation gained international support for the Union cause
- Recognizes that the Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which outlawed slavery and took effect on December 18, 1865
- Indiana General Assembly declares the Emancipation Proclamation one of the most important documents in United States history
Legislative Description
Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Last Action
Senators Alting, Arnold, Banks, Becker, Boots, Bray, Broden, Buck, Charbonneau, Crider, Delph, Eckerty, Glick, Grooms, Head, Hershman, Holdman, Hume, Kenley, Kruse, Lanane, Landske, Leising, Long, Merritt, Pat Miller, Pete Miller, Mishler, Mrvan, Nugent, Paul, Randolph, Rogers, Schneider, Skinner, Smith, Steele, Stoops, Tallian, Taylor, Tomes, Walker, Waltz, Waterman, Wyss, Yoder, R. Young, M. Young and Zakas added as cosponsors
2/26/2013
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