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jan 7, 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation

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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of a civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free.”

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jan 7, 1863
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~ 163 years ago