Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that declared slaves in Confederate states to be free. It marked a major shift in the Civil War by making the abolition of slavery an explicit war aim of the Union.
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- Presidential proclamation
- President
- Abraham Lincoln
- Signed
- September 22, 1862
- Publication date
- January 1, 1863
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