The Emancipation Proclamation

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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

The original of the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, is in the National Archives in Washington, DC.

This handsomely bound volume makes a nice addition to any collection.

hardcover
28 pages
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