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Slavery

Name: Slavery – United States factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1863Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1863

Abraham Lincoln1 January 1863

Washington DC · Warfare / Civil War

Emancipation Proclamation changes the Civil War into a war for Union and freedom

Names involved

Abraham Lincoln

Provenance

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