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Collection Reference Number GLC06107.48
From Archive Folder Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers 
Title The Liberator. [Vol. 32, no. 39 (September 26, 1862)]
Date 26 September 1862
Author Garrison, W. L and I. Knapp etc. (1831-1865)  
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Prints Lincoln's first Emancipation Proclamation. Said to be the first printing of the proclamation in an abolitionist newspaper. Headline reads "Proclamation of Emancipation - Freedom of the Slaves in Rebellious States on the First Day of January." Peninsula campaign, the draft and contrabands. Inscription "J. Cullanan Jr."
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Emancipation Proclamation  Emancipation  Presidential Speeches and Proclamations  President  Slavery  African American History  Abolition  Conscription  Contrabands  
People Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879)  Garrison, W. L. and I. Knapp [etc.] 1831-65)  Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; The Presidency; Government & Politics
Sub-collection American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945