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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01532 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Emancipation Proclamation |
| Date | 1 January 1863 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Official State Department printing of the final version, printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office. "...I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free..." This is no. 10 in Eberstadt's bibliography of the Emancipation Proclamation. Printed circa 3 January 1863. |
| Subjects | African American History Emancipation Proclamation Government and Civics President Presidential Speeches and Proclamations Emancipation Slavery Civil War African American History |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; The Presidency; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |