In this portion of the emancipation proclamation, president lincoln

The Emancipation Proclamation (in a rundown) gave freedom to African American slaves in the confederacy, but it was not followed through by the Southern States ( Confederacy) because they had seceded from the Union and for a short while, declared themselves as an independant nation.

the author develops a cold, and scared tone. making the reader shudder with fear, and suddenly become cold. i'm guessing that he's writing a scary novel, or maybe about a chilly december night.