The intentional and malicious destruction of or damage to the property of another. The intentional destruction of property is popularly referred to as vandalism. It includes behavior such as breaking windows, slashing tires, spray painting a wall with graffiti, and destroying a computer system through the use of a computer virus.
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president, wrote the Emancipation Proclamation that stated that in January of 1863, all slaves will be free in the United States, meaning that African Americans will not be own by any white man. INTRO. Even after this, people were very racist, and some are still today.
The purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was to encourage rebellious states to rejoin the Union. On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. That is, if you are part of the Confederacy, you have until January 1, 1863 to rejoin the Union or your slaves will be set free. No states accepted the offer and on January 1, 1863, all slaves held in the Confederacy were declared free.