Senator Arthur V. Watkins of Utah, the strongest proponent of termination, equated it with the Emancipation Proclamation, which had declared the freedom of all slaves in the territory of the Confederate States of America.
Senator Arthur V. Watkins of Utah equated it with the Emancipation Proclamation. Senator Arthur V. Watkins of Utah was the strongest proponent of termination. The Emancipation Proclamation had declared the freedom of all slaves in the territory of the Confederate States of America.