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September 22nd 1862 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery.
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Mr Lincoln was the right man for the time period and a really great president.