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Emancipation Proclamation
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Emancipation Proclamation
Washington, District of Columbia
Civil Rights
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Abraham Lincoln
Secretary of State
William H. Seward
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The Emancipation Proclamation served to free all the remaining slaves in the Union.
Issued, Jan 1, 1863
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