September 22, 1862: Abraham Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This declaration set a date for the freedom of more than three million black slaves in the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation ordered the emancipation of all slaves residing in Confederate states that had not returned to Union control by January 1, 1963. It emphasized the mission of the Civil War as a fight against slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed and issued on January 1, 1863. To read Lincoln’s legendary decree, visit Ken Burns’s The Civil War site. Photo: Chromolithograph by The Strobridge Lith. Co., c1888 (Library of Congress)
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September 22, 1862: Abraham Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation

On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This declaration set a date for the freedom of more than three million black slaves in the United States.

The Emancipation Proclamation ordered the emancipation of all slaves residing in Confederate states that had not returned to Union control by January 1, 1963. It emphasized the mission of the Civil War as a fight against slavery.

The Emancipation Proclamation was signed and issued on January 1, 1863.

To read Lincoln’s legendary decree, visit Ken Burns’s The Civil War site.

Photo: Chromolithograph by The Strobridge Lith. Co., c1888 (Library of Congress)

Source: to.pbs.org

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