Emancipation Proclamation

The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862. Although on its face, the proclamation may appear to end slavery, it was actually a much more complicated document—not just a humanitarian gesture but a political, military, ...

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