ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: September 22: In

Posted by danetteoneal1 on September 22, 2015
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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.

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