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Emancipation Proclamation

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 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the secessionist Confederate states from enslaved to free.

Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation · Engraving by W. Roberts., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
22 Sept 1862
Where
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Era
Modern

Topics

American Civil War1861 – 1865

Before and after

Occupation of Araucanía1861 – 1883Battle of Antietam1862Show on timeline

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