Incidents In Life Of A Slave Girl 
- What does this account reveal about the nature of slavery and how slavery affected southern society? 
 
Emancipation Proclamation
- Why did Lincoln decide to issue the Proclamation at this particular time?
 
- What factors determined this decision?
 
- What did the President hope to gain?
 
- What were the limitations of the Proclamation, and what was its larger historical significance?