A History of Emancipation Proclamation in the United States of America (344 words, 2 pages)
was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1,1863, during the American Civil War, declaring all "slaves within any State, ordesignated part of a State... then... in rebellion,... shall be then,thenceforward, and forever free." The states affected were enumerated in theproclamation specifically exempted were slaves in parts of the South then ...
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