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Bookmark or Share- Emancipation Proclamation (1863) | National ArchivesPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing, "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- Transcript of the Proclamation | National ArchivesTranscript of the Proclamation. January 1, 1863. A Transcription. By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. 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 ...
- Emancipation Proclamation - WikipediaThe Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, [2][3] was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
- The Emancipation Proclamation | National ArchivesPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- Emancipation Proclamation: An Introduction | National Museum ...The Thirteenth Amendment, issued on December 6, 1865, completed what free and enslaved African Americans, abolitionists, and the Emancipation Proclamation had set in motion, formally abolishing slavery throughout the United States.
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