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feb 22, 1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation

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Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that "all persons held as slaves... are, and henceforward shall be free." The proclamation applies to the states that have rebelled and seceded from the Union.

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feb 22, 1863
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~ 163 years ago