11h 53min, jan 1, 1863 y - Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation that declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states" are, and henceforward shall be free."
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11h 53min, jan 1, 1863 y
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~ 162 years ago