9h 26min, jan 1, 1863 y - Emancipation Proclamation
Jan. 1st, 1863
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The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order signed into action by Abraham Lincoln stating that all slaves in Confederate states be freed upon the start of the new year, 1863. This was a tactic used by Lincoln to please the Northerners and upset the South.
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