snook (plural snooks) 1  A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes, especially Centropomus undecimalis, the common snook. 2  Any of various other fishes. See snook on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
The reason why the Emancipation Proclamation was written was because Lincoln believed slavery was wrong. One of the questions often asked is why it only covered those of the rebelling states. The reason involved legalities. He did not have the authority to issue such a decree on states that were not seceeding.
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president, wrote the Emancipation Proclamation that stated that in January of 1863, all slaves will be free in the United States, meaning that African Americans will not be own by any white man. INTRO. Even after this, people were very racist, and some are still today.