TRUE or FALSE? - The Gettysburg Address was the formal declaration by President Lincoln which stated that slaves in the Confederate states would be freed.
TRUE or FALSE? - The Gettysburg Address was the formal declaration by President Lincoln which stated that slaves in the Confederate states would be freed.
False. The Gettysburg Address was a speech given by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War on November 19, 1863. It was not a formal declaration but rather a dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Emancipation Proclamation, which declared slaves in Confederate states to be free, was issued by President Lincoln in 1862.