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Abraham Lincoln

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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..." The contemporary preferred term for “slaves” is “enslaved people”.

Keywords

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

Subject

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

Publisher

United States War Department, Adjutant General's Office

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image

Size Original

36 cm

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Front of Image

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Jpeg2000 images were derived from no less than 400 dpi tiff images

Date Contributed

7-2020

Identifier

DP0012652

Rights

This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.

File Location

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

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Keywords

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

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