Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation - National Archives

The Emancipation Proclamation ... President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its ...

Emancipation Proclamation - Wikipedia

The Proclamation had the effect of changing the legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the secessionist Confederate states from ...

Transcript of the Proclamation - National Archives

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Emancipation Proclamation ‑ Definition, Dates & Summary | HISTORY

Issued after the Union victory at Antietam on September 22, 1862, the Emancipation Proclamation carried moral and strategic implications for ...

Emancipation Proclamation | Definition, Date, Summary ... - Britannica

The Emancipation Proclamation is an edict issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that freed the enslaved people of the Confederate ...

Emancipation Proclamation [PDF] - The National Constitution Center

Background. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, in the second year of the Civil War.

Emancipation Proclamation - PBS

The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves in the United States. Rather, it declared free only those slaves living in states not under Union control.

The Emancipation Proclamation: Striking a Mighty Blow to Slavery

The Executive Order issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War provided freedom to enslaved Black people in the rebelling states.

Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation | Articles and Essays

The Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment brought about by the Civil War were important milestones in the long process of ending legal slavery ...

Emancipation Proclamation & General Order No. 3

The document proclaimed that enslaved people held in areas still in rebellion “are and henceforward shall be free.”

The Emancipation Proclamation | American Battlefield Trust

Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious state “are, and ...

Emancipation Proclamation: Primary Documents in American History

Emancipation Proclamation: Primary Documents in American History. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

The Emancipation Proclamation: Freedom's First Steps - EDSITEment

President Lincoln proclaimed the emancipation, or freeing, of the enslaved African Americans living in the states of the Confederacy which were in rebellion.

The Emancipation Proclamation: The Civil War in Four Minutes

Join Historian Hari Jones as he describes the series of events which motivated President Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation ...

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Abraham Lincoln | The White House

Abraham Lincoln became the United States' 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the ...

The Emancipation Proclamation (U.S. National Park Service)

On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This declaration was the result of a long struggle.

10 Facts: The Emancipation Proclamation | American Battlefield Trust

Here are ten facts providing the basics on the proclamation and the history surrounding it. Fact #1: Lincoln actually issued the Emancipation Proclamation ...

Myths & Misunderstandings: The Emancipation Proclamation Archives

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation did, indeed, secure freedom for thousands of enslaved people. But even further, it enabled the United States government–in ...