Frederick Douglass - Emancipation Proclamation
Time: Thursday Jan 1, 1863
Place: U.S.
Details: President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which took effect on January 1, 1863, declared the freedom of all slaves in Confederate-held territory.
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