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Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation - Seite 2/2
President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the midst of the Civil War, announcing on September 22, 1862, that if the rebels did not end the fighting and rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states would be free.
Quelle: U.S. National Archives & Records Administration https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation