As a means to make sure that the correct people get the credit and recognition for changing history, one must fully recognize the importance of who freed the slaves. Thus, correcting historical records to match the evidence of who ultimately, freed the slaves. Historian Ira Berlin stated, “Such interest in a document whose faded words cannot be easily seen, let alone deciphered. . . raises important questions about the role of history in the way Americans think about their racial past and present.” If historical records are fixed to give much due recognition it will change how Americans think about and view the past. It will alter their opinions and help people to understand the debate between historians. In a newspaper article describing the