8h 30min, jan 1, 1863 y - Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designated areas of the South from slave to freeAdded to timeline:
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8h 30min, jan 1, 1863 y
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~ 163 years ago