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Some man who seemed to be a stranger ( a United States officer, I presume ) made a little speech and then read a rather long paper — the Emancipation Proclamation, I think.
My mother, who was standing by my side, leaned over and kissed her children, while tears of joy ran down her cheeks.
She explained to us what it all meant, that this was the day for which she had been so long praying, but fearing that she would never live to see.
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