TITLE: Law Day 2009: Emancipation Proclamation
SPEAKER: Various Speakers
EVENT DATE: 05/01/2009
FORMAT: Video + Captions
RUNNING TIME: 80 minutes
TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window)
DESCRIPTION:
What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the Civil War? Did it have a broader effect on the slave trade throughout the Americas? In celebration of Law Day, these questions and many more were discussed by Congressman G.K. Butterfield, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., Dean Kurt Schmoke and Professor Emeritus Roger Wilkins, with PBS Newshour's congressional correspondent Kwame Holman moderating. The program was presented with support from the Friends of the Law Library of Congress.
