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Today in History (1862) - The U.S. government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. On the same day in 1865, the Confederate Congress voted to enlist 300,000 black troops, granting them freedom with the consent of their owners. Lee surrendered a few weeks later. |
I've been aware for some time but forgot to mention here that Tim Sandefur no longer will be posting at Freespace, though he continues to blog at Liberty and possibly Panda's Thumb. He's leaving Freespace up, as did the Curmudgeonly Clerk with his blog, so I will be adding a link to a list of blogs that have been on De Novo's roll and are not currently updating, but that have archives worthy of the perusal of those who are new to them.