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Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation

1863 CE · United States, North America · Civil Rights

The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. The Proclamation changed the legal status of more than 3.

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