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September 22, 1862- Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation

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On this day in 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation emancipation after Antietam.

On this day in history, former president Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This set a date for the freedom of over three million slaves in the U.S… This then changed the objective of the Civil War to a fight against slavery.

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September 22, 1862- Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation