A letter by Lucas Morel, Lewis G. John Term Professor of Politics and head of the politics department, authored a letter to the editor in the Jan. 8, 2013, edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Morel, a Lincoln scholar, wrote in response to an opinion piece about the Emancipation Proclamation.
See Morel's letter at http://myw.lu/11cvANe.
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