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A Proclamation by President of the United States. Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation issued on January 1, 1863. "Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free..."

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Subject

Emancipation Proclamation; Enslaved people -- Emancipation -- United States; African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Washington (D.C.); 1862

Publication Date

1862

Identifier

DP0012652

Publisher

United States War Department, Adjutant General's Office

Keywords

Emancipation Proclamation; Enslaved people; Emancipation; United States; African Americans; Legal status, laws, etc.; Washington (D.C.)1862

Disciplines

Archival Science | History | United States History

File Location

African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1794-2010.
UCF Special Collections Manuscripts - 5th Floor -- CFM2009_02

Extent

1 leaf; 36 cm

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Digitized by the University of Central Florida Libraries. Jpeg and Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on a Copibook scanner.

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