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jan 1, 1862 - Emancipation Proclamation

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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln as the nation approached its third year of the civil war. The Proclamation stated "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

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jan 1, 1862
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~ 163 years ago