The Fremonts and emancipation in Missouri.

From: The Historian | Date: January 1, 1994| Author: Volpe, Vernon L. | Copyright information

John C. Fremont was a Union general during the American civil war who earned the distinction of first issuing an edict of emancipation from slavery. His order releasing the slaves of rebel Missourians antedated that of Pres. Lincoln's famous edict. Fremont's achievement has not been given much importance by historians, however. It is but fair to consider him alongside Lincoln as one of the pioneers of this social reform movement. Unlike Lincoln who was a political realist, Fremont was politic...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Fremont posts $7b in deals during another record year.(Fremont Investment and Loan)(Brief article)
Real Estate Weekly ; The New York office of Fremont Investment & Loan's Commercial Real Estate Division closed a record $1.6 billion in financing in 2006. The loans were primarily for development or redevelopment of for-sale residential product in the Northeastern United States, according to Patrick Crandall, vice
Analysts see cheery prospect for Fremont General stock this year.
Los Angeles Business Journal ; Fremont General Corp. is positioned to see strong stock price increases in 1993, despite a heavy exposure in workers' compensation insurance, according to analysts. Santa Monica-based Fremont General Corp. -- a holding company engaged through its subsidiaries in the insurance and financial service
Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of American Empire.(Book Review)
The Historian ; Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of American Empire. By Tom Chaffin. (New York: Hill and Wang, 2002. Pp. xxii, 559. $18.00.) The author's sympathetic biography of John Charles Fremont offers readers an insightful opening into the life of this adventurer, explorer, mapmaker, soldier,
John Charles Fremont and the exploration of the American West.(USA Yesterday)(Biography)
USA Today (Magazine) ; ... St. Louis, the explorer wrote up his report, which included maps drawn by Preuss. The maps were incredibly accurate and were to replace the previous ... Previously, Commander Charles Wilkes had produced a survey with maps covering the northern Pacific coast to Walla Walla. Together ... Sacramento Valley ... .
John Charles Fremont and the Exploration of the American West
USA Today ; ... St. Louis, the explorer wrote up his report, which included maps drawn by Preuss. The maps were incredibly accurate and were to replace the previous ... Previously, Commander Charles Wilkes had produced a survey with maps covering the northern Pacific coast to Walla Walla. Together ... Sacramento Valley ... .
Jessie Ann Benton Fremont (1824-1902). (Legacy Profile).
Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers ; Much as she was regarded during her own lifetime, nineteenth-century American author Jessie Benton Fremont is still viewed primarily as the wife of adventurer and politician John Charles Fremont. John Fremont's entry in Merriam-Webster's New Biographical Dictionary (1995) notes that he was saved
Fremont buys Talegen unit for $365M.(Fremont General Corp., Industrial Indemnity Holdings Inc.)
National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management ; Fremont General Corp., based in Santa Monica, Calif., said one of its units has agreed to acquire Industrial Indemnity Holdings Inc., a unit of Talegen Holdings Inc., from Xerox Corp. for $365 million in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Fremont Indemnity Co. also agreed to pay off $79
Fremont reopens micro-cap fund.
Investment News ; ... including Charles Schwab Corp.'s Mutual Fund One Source and Fidelity Investments' FundsNetwork. Send product news to Renata Lerner at Investment News, 711 Third Ave., Third Floor, New York, N. Y. 10017-4036, or e-mail: rlerner@crain.com.
Are A's, Fremont rounding third?
Oakland Tribune ; FREMONT -- Oakland A's co-owner Lewis Wolff is close to finalizing negotiations with Cisco Systems Inc. for a 143-acre parcel, a deal that could clear a major hurdle in allowing the team to move to Fremont, says City Manager Fred Diaz. "I think we are the lead candidate for the new home of the
As, Fremont head into ninth
Oakland Tribune ; FREMONT -- Oakland As co-owner Lewis Wolff is close to finalizing negotiations with Cisco Systems Inc. over a 143-acre parcel, a deal that could clear a major hurdle in allowing the team to move to Fremont, says City Manager Fred Diaz. I think we are the lead candidate for the new home of the As,