The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, [2][3] was a presidential proclamation and executive order [4] issued by United States president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, …

May 10, 2022 · President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing, "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and …

Nov 8, 2025 · The Emancipation Proclamation is an edict issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that freed the enslaved people of the Confederate states during …

On September 22, 1862, five days after Union troops defeated Robert E. Lee’s advance at the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln released the proclamation. Lincoln viewed the Emancipation …

Ending slavery was not a goal. That changed on September 22, 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln issued his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that slaves in those …

Oct 29, 2009 · On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that as of January 1, 1863, all enslaved people in …

By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a …

The Emancipation Proclamation stated that slaves in the Confederate states (the states that wanted to separate from the United States) were free, and that the Union military would fight to …

Although there was no consensus on the existence of such “war powers,” Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation proclamation on September 22, 1862, and then released a final …

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation. This proclamation, passed within the third year of the Civil War, declared "that all persons held as …