The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, [2][3] was a presidential proclamation and executive order [4] issued by United States president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during …

May 10, 2022 · President 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 …

Nov 8, 2025 · The Emancipation Proclamation is an edict issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that freed the enslaved people of the Confederate states during the American Civil …

On September 22, 1862, five days after Union troops defeated Robert E. Lee’s advance at the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln released the proclamation. Lincoln viewed the Emancipation Proclamation as his …

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 …

Oct 29, 2009 · On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that as of January 1, 1863, all enslaved people in the states currently …

Ending slavery was not a goal. That changed on September 22, 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln issued his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that slaves in those states or parts …

The Emancipation Proclamation stated that slaves in the Confederate states (the states that wanted to separate from the United States) were free, and that the Union military would fight to preserve that …

Although there was no consensus on the existence of such “war powers,” Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation proclamation on September 22, 1862, and then released a final Emancipation …

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