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Emancipation Proclamation

Name: Emancipation Proclamation – United States of America factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1863Date range

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Chronological records

1863

Abraham Lincoln1 January 1863

Washington DC · Government / Republican Party Government

Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation

Names involved

Abraham Lincoln

Provenance

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