ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: September 22: In Posted by danetteoneal1 on September 22, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized. Leave a comment ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: September 22: In 1862, President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863. Share this:FacebookTwitterPrintEmailLinkedInPinterestLike this:Like Loading... Related Posts navigation ← ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: September 23, 19 SHARING A MOMENT IN HISTORY: On September 21, 1862β22 fugitive slaves boarded three small sailing boats from the docks on Orange Street in downtown Wilmington and rowed 28 nautical miles to the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The escape was one of the largest ever in the Cape Fear region. →