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jan 1, 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation

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President Lincoln releases the final Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates. It also emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery.

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jan 1, 1863
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~ 162 years ago

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