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Event

Emancipation Proclamation

1 January 1863

Society and rights

📍 United States

Lincoln declares enslaved people in the Confederate states free

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Connections

preceded 13th Amendment abolishes slavery in the US

Part of

Abolition of slavery

Sources

Wikipedia: Emancipation Proclamation (accessed 2026-09-28)