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  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 1, 1863
    Abraham Lincoln

    Effective Emancipation Proclamation

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 1, 1863

    The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on September 22, 1862 and effective January 1, 1863, affirmed the freedom of slaves in 10 states not then under Union control, with exemptions specified for areas under such control.



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  • U.S.
    Jan, 1863
    Juneteenth

    Emancipation Proclamation was formally issued

    U.S.
    Jan, 1863

    Emancipation Proclamation was formally issued on January 1, 1863, declaring that all enslaved persons in the Confederate States of America in rebellion and not in Union hands were freed.



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  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 1, 1863
    Frederick Douglass

    Emancipation Proclamation

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 1, 1863

    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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