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Emancipation Proclamation
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executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that freed southern slaves
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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Key facts
- Type
- Presidential proclamation
- President
- Abraham Lincoln
- Signed
- September 22, 1862
- Publication date
- January 1, 1863
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- presidential proclamation
- Author
- Abraham Lincoln
- Main subject
- slavery in the United States
- Image
- Emancipation Proclamation 1.jpg
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- title
- Proclamation 95—Regarding the Status of Slaves in States Engaged in Rebellion Against the United States
- work available at URL
- www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203073
- language of work or name
- English language
- publication date
- 1863-01-01
- Commons category
- Emancipation Proclamation
- inception
- 1862-09-22
- first line
- I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States, and each of the States, and the people thereof, in which States that relation is, or may be, suspended or disturbed.
- last line
- And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
- point in time
- 1862-09-22
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