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2h 22min, jan 1, 1863 y - Emancipation Proclamation

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This order decreed the freedom of all slaves in territory still in rebellion on January 1, 1863. The president took this momentous step to introduce a new moral aim in the war and to prevent foreign intervention.


Image: The Emancipation Proclamation [ushistory.org]. (2018). Google.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018, from https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ushistory.org/us/images/00035671.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ushistory.org/us/34a.asp&h=234&w=380&tbnid=LZPI8LugR9QYFM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=260&usg=__Y-ygSNmJSdRoDMO2FRMPasPqZSg%3D&vet=10ahUKEwj6-6iL8vHYAhVJOKwKHZQJB_oQ9QEIKjAA..i&docid=LGzhx0WTJ8iu8M&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6-6iL8vHYAhVJOKwKHZQJB_oQ9QEIKjAA

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2h 22min, jan 1, 1863 y
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