Reading Emancipation Proclamation
Painting of Union soldiers reading the Emancipation Proclamation to slaves during the American Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln declaring the freedom of all slaves in the Confederate States of America. It was established on January 1, 1863
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10800724
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47597602
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