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jan 1, 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation


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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

From this Speech, Lincoln ended slavery officially.

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Date:

jan 1, 1863
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~ 162 years ago

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