On 22 September 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of 1 January 1863.
22 September 2014
History for the day
On 22 September 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of 1 January 1863.
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