1 Place the sweet potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet lined with foil. 2  Bake until tender, about 45 minutes. 3  Make a slit in the top of each sweet potato. 4  Top with 1 tablespoon of butter and season with the salt and pepper.
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. In a single stroke, it changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved persons in the designated areas of the South from slave to free..
Many people think that the Emancipation Proclamation resulted in the total abolition of slavery. While the Emancipation Proclamation did free some slaves, the 13th Amendment called for the total abolition of slavery. It was the primary piece of legislation that permanently ended the institution of slavery in the United States, and it was passed in 1865.