“All persons held as slaves within any State . . . shall be . . . forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons.”


The passage comes from an important historical document, the Emancipation Proclamation. Who wrote this document?

AAbraham Lincoln

BThomas Jefferson

CGeorge Washington

DFranklin Roosevelt

Answer: A)Abraham Lincoln