THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION emanc-01
The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves"
within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

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The Emancipation
Proclamation		 emanc-03
First Draft Of The Emancipation
Proclamation: Library Of Congress		 emanc-04
Chronology Of Emancipation
During The Civil War

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