Lesson Plan

National Archives: Letter to President Abraham Lincoln From Annie Davis

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"Will you please let me know if I am free?" wrote Annie Davis. Annie Davis was a slave who wrote this letter to President Lincoln 20 months after the Emancipation Proclamation. To understand her confusion, examine the following documents that include the Emancipation Proclamation, the proposed 13th amendment, and the rewritten Maryland State Constitution. Students can then formulate an answer to her question.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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