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Friday, January 1, 2021

Emancipation Proclamation

" President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing, "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be free."..."
Emancipation proclamation