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1863

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation

President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring that all enslaved people in Confederate states 'henceforth shall be free.' This executive order shifted the Civil War's purpose to include ending slavery and paved the way for the 13th Amendment.

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