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This emancipation proclamation predates President Lincoln’s
Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President ...
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On This Day | Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln declared that all enslaved people in states rebelling against the Union “are, and henceforward shall be free.” He issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in ...
Lincoln library in Springfield, Ill., displays signed Emancipation Proclamation
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's special events for Juneteenth will include the display of a signed copy ...
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Springfield's Lincoln museum to display signed copy of Emancipation Proclamation
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's special events for Juneteenth will include the display of a signed copy ...