Emancipation Proclamation
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emancipation-proclamation-206-18225905
title:
Emancipation Proclamation
text:
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 had the effect of changing the legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the secessionist Confederate states from enslaved to free. As soon as slaves escaped the control of their enslavers, either by fleeing to Union lines or through the advance
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wiki
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description:
1862 executive order by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln freeing slaves in the South
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation
date created:
2001-10-19T13:24:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T22:38:07Z
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