The Emancipation Proclamation

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A proclamation that would change the course of lives and the future of the United States.

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Civil War Lesson Plan 1862: Antietam and Emancipation	Civil War Video Black Soldiers in the Civil War
Civil War Biography William H. Seward	Civil War Video President Lincoln's Cottage
Civil War Primary Source President Lincoln to A.G. Hodges	Civil War Primary Source William Seward to Charles Francis Adams on the Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War Primary Source Giuseppe Garibaldi to President Lincoln	Civil War Official Record Abraham Lincoln's Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War Primary Source "A Complaint from the London Times" Editorial Letter on the Emancipation Proclamation	Civil War Primary Source "Rejoicing Over the Proclamation"
Civil War Political Cartoon The Lincoln Statue, or Emancipation Memorial	Civil War Political Cartoon Colored Troops Under General Wild, Liberating Slaves in South Carolina
Civil War Overview Slavery in the United States

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