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sep 22, 1862 - Emancipation Proclamation

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This document stated that all confederate slaves would be free and that If south gives up before january 1st, they were allowed to keep their slaves. It gave the Union Army something to fight for.

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sep 22, 1862
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~ 163 years ago

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