Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
1862 · Event
Five days after Antietam, Lincoln announces that slaves in states still in rebellion on 1 January 1863 will be 'forever free'.
On these timelines: American Civil War, Slavery & Abolition, USA, Master
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