John C. Frémont issued a military order freeing ... him and mobilize the potential of black manpower by issuing a proclamation of freedom for slaves in rebellious states—the Emancipation ...

The Republicans, who had established their party only two years earlier, nominated John C. Frémont ... before Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation (which freed only those slaves in ...

Missouri General John C Fremont and General David Hunter of South Carolina issued proclamations to allow the enlistment of free black men but their superiors revoked the orders. Confederate South beat ...

Missouri, a slave state, was deeply divided, and Fremont's proclamation declared martial law and freed the slaves in the state. Fremont, known as the 'Pathfinder' for his explorations of the West, was ...

Missouri, a slave state, was deeply divided, and Fremont's proclamation declared martial law and freed the slaves in the state. Fremont, known as the 'Pathfinder' for his explorations of the West ...

ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham Lincoln’s more ...